White Cottage, Bacon Lane, West Markham, Newark, NG22 0GU

White Cottage is a detached house in West Markham, Newark, Newark (NG22 0GU). It has a recorded floor area of 299 m² (around 3218 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (February 2025) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in July 2014 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Average, roof efficiency went from Average to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average and main heating dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76). Main heating runs on oil.

Held since August 2000 — that's 26 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 299 m² the property is well over the postcode median (167 m² across 3 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £693,000 sits 362% above the 2000 sale of £150,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£47/sq ft) was about 74.9% below the postcode norm.