20 Kitchener Road, Melton Constable, NR24 2BN

20 Kitchener Road is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Melton Constable (NR24 2BN). It has a recorded floor area of 89 m² (around 958 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (October 2023) shows an F (score 34), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (February 2017); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 59), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on bottled lpg.

Held since July 2000 — that's 26 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. Today's modelled estimate of £185,000 sits 386.8% above the 2000 sale of £38,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£40/sq ft) was about 61.4% below the postcode norm. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 82% of similar EPCs).