Dovedale Cottage, Craymere Road, Briston, Melton Constable, NR24 2LS
About Dovedale Cottage
Dovedale Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Briston, Melton Constable, Melton Constable (NR24 2LS). It has a recorded floor area of 134 m² (around 1442 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (July 2021) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since August 2009. Between certificates, window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 94), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
Across 2010–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£352/sq ft) was about 144.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: November 2022 at £507,000. 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
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms3
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Dovedale Cottage has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
1applications of note in the surrounding area
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Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£514,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.0% per year over 12 years.
£507,000
Growth on file: 5.0% per year over 12 years.
Sales timeline
28 November 2022Most recent
£507,000
+84.4%over 12 years24 June 2010
£275,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in NR24 2LS: £435,000 (2024–2018).
Nearby sales in NR24 2LS
Bramley House, Craymere Road, Briston, Melton Constable, NR24 2LS
Sold Oct 2024
£535,000Wayside, Craymere Road, Briston, Melton Constable, NR24 2LS
Sold Sept 2020
£430,000Craymere Lodge, Craymere Road, Briston, Melton Constable, NR24 2LS
Sold Nov 2018
£780,000184 Craymere Road, Briston, Melton Constable, NR24 2LS
Sold Sept 2018
£190,000Third House, Craymere Road, Briston, Melton Constable, NR24 2LS
Sold Aug 2018
£435,000
Everything we know about Dovedale Cottage, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby
Versus other Craymere Road homes
Dovedale Cottage outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,784
Street avg £2,807
Floor Area
134 m²
Street avg 197 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.3 t/year
Street avg 7.8 t/year
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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
1.9 km
Astley Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.7dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.8dB