Rainbow Cottage is a semi-detached house in Gamston, Nottingham, Nottingham (NG2 6NN). It has a recorded floor area of 75 m² (around 807 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (July 2021) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 2-band jump.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 42.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£456/sq ft) was about 112.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 75 m² it's 29.9% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (107 m² median across 21 EPCs). Most recent transfer: August 2024 at £368,000.
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Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Rainbow Cottage has no planning applications on record.
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Rainbow Cottage changed hands twice within eighteen months — unusual for the area.
£391,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 42.6% per year over 1 year.
£368,000
Growth on file: 42.6% per year over 1 year.
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Rainbow Cottage outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,907
Street avg £3,283
Floor Area
75 m²
Street avg 130 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Crime
7/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Elterwater Drive — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
54.2dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
12 August 2024Most recent
£368,000
+50.2%over 1 year20 June 2023
£245,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in NG2 6NN: £363,000 (2024–2022).

Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.7 t/year
Street avg 5.3 t/year
NG2 6NB
Closest school
0.6 km
Pierrepont Gamston Primary School. 15 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
44.6dB