3 Blackbrook Road, Newark, NG24 2ST

3 Blackbrook Road is a five-bedroom detached house in Newark (NG24 2ST). It has a recorded floor area of 181 m² (around 1948 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (April 2016) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since March 2016. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79). The latest certificate is from April 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since March 2008 — that's 18 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 181 m² the property is well over the postcode median (128 m² across 30 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Across 2002–2008, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £413,000 sits 65.2% above the 2008 sale of £249,995.