Forge Cottage, Hunworth Road, Stody, Melton Constable, NR24 2EE
About Forge Cottage
Forge Cottage is an end-of-terrace house in Stody, Melton Constable, Melton Constable (NR24 2EE). It has a recorded floor area of 163 m² (around 1755 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (September 2020) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2021–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 16.9% per year. Last sale on file: £596,250 in October 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Forge Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Forge Cottage has an approved single-storey extension on the planning record.
- Mar 2024ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey
Erection of single-storey extension to existing domestic garage and raising of roof to facilitate installation of mezzanine floor
- Agent
- SHBS Design
- Documents
- 13 docs on file
- Reference
- PF/23/1441
- Sept 2012Tree WorksTreesIn report
T1 horn beam to crown reduce. T2 holly to crown reduce. T3 beech hedge to reduce height.
- Agent
- T.H.F. Countryside
- Reference
- TW/12/0287
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Forge Cottage changed hands twice within eighteen months — unusual for the area.
£618,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 16.9% per year over 1 year.
£596,250
Growth on file: 16.9% per year over 1 year.
Sales timeline
24 October 2021Most recent
£596,250
+16.9%over 8 months5 March 2021
£510,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in NR24 2EE: £325,000 (2021–1999).
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What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Closest school
2.3 km
Astley Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.2dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.7dB