1 Reading Room Cottages, The Street, Swanton Novers, Melton Constable, NR24 2QY

1 Reading Room Cottages is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Swanton Novers, Melton Constable, Melton Constable (NR24 2QY). It has a recorded floor area of 87 m² (around 936 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The property has underfloor heating on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (November 2022) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since May 2010. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good and window efficiency went from Poor to Good; while main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2013. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2012–2023, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.6% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£384/sq ft) was about 39.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 87 m² it's 23.7% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (114 m² median across 6 EPCs). Most recent transfer: January 2023 at £360,000.