Bar Gate Cottages, Flat 2, Bar Gate, Newark, NG24 1ES

Bar Gate Cottages is an end-of-terrace house in Newark (NG24 1ES). It has a recorded floor area of 39 m² (around 420 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. At 39 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across Bar Gate Cottages (39–70 m²). The building's EPC ratings span D to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (66 versus a best of 72). The latest certificate (November 2019) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it C (June 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77).

At 39 m² it sits well below the postcode median (60 m² across 7 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 71% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £122,000 is 10.9% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£262/sq ft) was about 34.5% below the postcode norm. Last sale on file: £110,000 in November 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.