Lavender Cottage, Main Street, Kneesall, Newark, NG22 0AD

Lavender Cottage is a three-bedroom detached house in Kneesall, Newark, Newark (NG22 0AD). It has a recorded floor area of 113 m² (around 1216 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (April 2026) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in March 2015 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. This certificate was lodged in the last six months, so the rating reflects current condition. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

At 113 m² it sits well below the postcode median (181 m² across 10 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 4 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2001–2016, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £354,000 is 44.2% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£202/sq ft) was about 31.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in August 2016 and unlisted since — roughly 10 years.