Chestnut Cottage, South Street, Normanton On Trent, Newark, NG23 6RQ

Chestnut Cottage is a three-bedroom detached house in Normanton-On-Trent, Newark, Newark (NG23 6RQ). It has a recorded floor area of 145 m² (around 1561 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (January 2014) shows an F (score 23), near the bottom of the EPC scale. When first surveyed in October 2008 the rating was G, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, lighting went from Very Poor to Good and main heating went from Very Poor to Poor; while roof efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 67), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on bulk wood pellets. The latest certificate is from January 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.

It hasn't traded since June 2011, a hold of 15 years that's notably long for the area. At 145 m² the property is well over the postcode median (106 m² across 14 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £431,000 sits 59.6% above the 2011 sale of £270,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£173/sq ft) was about 19.4% below the postcode norm.