1 Bothy Cottages, Melton Park, Melton Constable, NR24 2NQ

1 Bothy Cottages is an end-of-terrace house in Melton Constable (NR24 2NQ). It has a recorded floor area of 147 m² (around 1582 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (August 2023) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 4 certificates since August 2014. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on biomass.

Across 2003–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.4% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£246/sq ft) was about 123.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 147 m² it's 16.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (176 m² median across 4 EPCs). Last sale on file: £390,000 in January 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.