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

Oak Tree Cottage is a three-bedroom detached house in Swanton Novers, Melton Constable, Melton Constable (NR24 2RB). It has a recorded floor area of 131 m² (around 1410 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (February 2016) shows an F (score 27), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on lpg. The latest certificate is from February 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot. Period features are noted in the property record. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.

At 131 m² the property is well over the postcode median (96 m² across 14 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 79% of similar EPCs). 4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2014–2017, sale prices on this property compounded at 11.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £416,000 is 38.7% above the 2017 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£213/sq ft) was about 18.1% below the postcode norm. 9 years since the last transfer (May 2017).