Sycamore Cottage, White Pit Way, Swaby, Alford, LN13 0AZ

Sycamore Cottage is a three-bedroom detached house in Swaby, Alford, Alford (LN13 0AZ). It has a recorded floor area of 96 m² (around 1033 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (February 2017) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in August 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Very Good and lighting went from Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 93), a 4-band jump.

Across 2009–2016, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £246,000 sits 50.5% above the 2016 sale of £163,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£158/sq ft) was about 17.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in February 2016 and unlisted since — roughly 10 years. At 96 m² it's 19.7% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (120 m² median across 10 EPCs).