The Ossington, Flat 1, Beast Market Hill, Newark, NG24 1BH

The Ossington is a semi-detached house in Newark (NG24 1BH). It has a recorded floor area of 92 m² (around 990 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (December 2020) shows an F (score 37), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 70), a 3-band jump. At 92 m² this is the 4th smallest of 5 units on EPC record in The Ossington, where floor areas span 56–168 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (37 versus a best of 76).

Untraded for 24 years, with the last transfer in January 2002. At 92 m² the property is well over the postcode median (70 m² across 4 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 £174,000 is 33.8% above the 2002 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£131/sq ft) was about 23.4% below the postcode norm. 5 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused.