Chimney Cottage, Swanton Road, Gunthorpe, Melton Constable, NR24 2NS

Chimney Cottage is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Gunthorpe, Melton Constable, Melton Constable (NR24 2NS). It has a recorded floor area of 57 m² (around 618 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (March 2011) shows an F (score 36), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (March 2011); the latest reading is one band lower. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 39). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from March 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.

At 57 m² it sits well below the postcode median (116 m² across 22 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2008–2020, sale prices on this property compounded at 1.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £283,000 is 21.7% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£376/sq ft) was about 39.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £232,500 in October 2020.