The Forge, Blacksmiths Lane, Newton Solney, Burton On Trent, DE15 0SD

The Forge is a detached house in Newton Solney, Burton-On-Trent, Burton On Trent (DE15 0SD). It has a recorded floor area of 161 m² (around 1733 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (December 2014) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in November 2014 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and window efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from December 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 161 m² the property is well over the postcode median (75 m² across 15 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £434,000 sits 53.4% above the 2016 sale of £283,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£163/sq ft) was about 34.1% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On the market in August 2016 and unlisted since — roughly 10 years.