Stables Cottage, Dereham Road, Briningham, Melton Constable, NR24 2QJ

Stables Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Briningham, Melton Constable, Melton Constable (NR24 2QJ). It has a recorded floor area of 203 m² (around 2185 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (August 2013) shows an F (score 33), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from August 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include notable views and a self-contained annexe. Period features are noted in the property record.

At 203 m² the property is well over the postcode median (106 m² across 6 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2007–2014, sale prices on this property compounded at -0.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £519,000 sits 75.9% above the 2014 sale of £295,000. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. 12 years since the last transfer (July 2014).