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

2 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 56 m² (around 603 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (February 2026) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in January 2016 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 105), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. This certificate was lodged in the last six months, so the rating reflects current condition. The property has underfloor heating on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Other recorded features include outbuildings. Period features are noted in the property record.

At 56 m² it sits well below the postcode median (114 m² across 6 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2016–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £365,000 is 21.7% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£498/sq ft) was about 104.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £300,000 in April 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.