Jasmine Cottage, Church Lane, Swaby, Alford, LN13 0BQ

Jasmine Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Swaby, Alford, Alford (LN13 0BQ). It has a recorded floor area of 104 m² (around 1119 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (January 2015) shows an F (score 31), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (January 2011); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Average; while wall efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from January 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include outbuildings and attached land beyond the plot. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

At 104 m² the property is well over the postcode median (58 m² across 11 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. Across 2011–2019, sale prices on this property compounded at 0.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £432,000 is 27.1% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£304/sq ft) was about 84.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: March 2019 at £340,000.