1 Astley Terrace, Melton Constable, NR24 2BS

1 Astley Terrace is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Melton Constable (NR24 2BS). It has a recorded floor area of 103 m² (around 1109 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (July 2023) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since June 2013. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Average and lighting dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

Held since April 1995 — that's 31 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 103 m² the property is well over the postcode median (54 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £216,000 sits 554.5% above the 1995 sale of £33,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£30/sq ft) was about 85.9% below the postcode norm.