Nextwood Cottage, St Giles Road, Swanton Novers, Melton Constable, NR24 2RB

Nextwood Cottage is a three-bedroom detached house in Swanton Novers, Melton Constable, Melton Constable (NR24 2RB). It has a recorded floor area of 54 m² (around 581 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The latest certificate (May 2014) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 92), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from May 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 54 m² it sits well below the postcode median (105 m² across 14 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Sold October 2020 for £396,500. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2002–2020, sale prices on this property compounded at 11.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £475,000 is 19.8% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£682/sq ft) was about 189.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode.