5 Stodman Mews, Newark, NG24 1DE

5 Stodman Mews is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Newark (NG24 1DE). It has a recorded floor area of 66 m² (around 710 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (January 2019) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in November 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average, window efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Very Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 89), a 3-band jump. Period features are noted in the property record.

Held since September 2002 — that's 24 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 66 m² it's 20% larger than the typical home in the postcode (55 m² median across 13 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1999–2002, sale prices on this property compounded at 14.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £138,000 sits 103% above the 2002 sale of £67,995. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£96/sq ft) was about 15.2% below the postcode norm.