Swallows Barn, Cotgrave Road, Owthorpe, Nottingham, NG12 3GE

Swallows Barn is a three-bedroom detached house in Owthorpe, Nottingham, Nottingham (NG12 3GE). It has a recorded floor area of 125 m² (around 1345 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (July 2019) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since October 2008. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Poor to Average; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 69), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Period features are noted in the property record.

At 125 m² it sits well below the postcode median (198 m² across 3 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1995–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £521,000 is 18.4% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£327/sq ft) was about 19.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: January 2021 at £440,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.