Dickers House, The Green, Hunworth, Melton Constable, NR24 2AA

Dickers House is a four-bedroom detached house in Hunworth, Melton Constable, Melton Constable (NR24 2AA). It has a recorded floor area of 209 m² (around 2250 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (August 2024) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (June 2010); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

Held since September 1999 — that's 27 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 209 m² the property is well over the postcode median (87 m² across 9 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £678,000 sits 247.7% above the 1999 sale of £195,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£87/sq ft) was about 75.3% below the postcode norm. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.