Letter Box House, Hunworth Road, Stody, Melton Constable, NR24 2EE
About Letter Box House
Letter Box House is a detached house in Stody, Melton Constable, Melton Constable (NR24 2EE). It has a recorded floor area of 263 m² (around 2831 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (November 2020) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
Across 2018–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 18.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £1,015,000 is 29.5% below the 2021 sale of £1,440,000, a rare downward gap that often correlates with deferred maintenance or unfinished works. 10 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sale on file: £1,440,000 in June 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
Letter Box House's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Letter Box House has an approved rear extension on the planning record.
- Jan 2024Tree WorksTreesIn report
To raise the canopy on a horse chestnut tree by 1m, removing the lowest branches and some of the higher branches to give clearance to overhead wires and cables. To balance the tree a similar size / height branch on the opposite side of the tree would need to be removed.
- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- TW/23/2543
- Nov 2019
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£1,015,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 18.3% per year over 3 years.
£1,440,000
Growth on file: 18.3% per year over 3 years.
Sales timeline
27 June 2021Most recent
£1,440,000
+60.9%over 2 years28 August 2018
£895,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in NR24 2EE: £325,000 (2021–1999).
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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