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About Vale Cottage
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
Vale Cottage is a detached house in Shelford, Nottingham, Nottingham (NG12 1EE). It has a recorded floor area of 169 m² (around 1819 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (May 2015) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 95), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from May 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 6.9% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£267/sq ft) was about 92.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 169 m² the property is well over the postcode median (101 m² across 18 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Most recent transfer: June 2022 at £485,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Vale Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 22 May 2025
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Latest sale on Vale Cottage was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£512,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.9% per year over 6 years.
Last sold (2022)
£485,000
Growth on file: 6.9% per year over 6 years.
Sales timeline
Versus other Main Road homes
Four headline reads against 18 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
Years Held for Vale Cottage lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,870
Street avg £1,919
Floor Area
169 m²
Street avg 121 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
Similar properties nearby
A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.
The neighbourhood at a glance
A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Nottingham district page.
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
4/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.0 km
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around NG12 1EE from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.9dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 32 points of interest in total.
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Common questions
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