Springfield, St Giles Road, Swanton Novers, Melton Constable, NR24 2RB

Springfield is a detached house in Swanton Novers, Melton Constable, Melton Constable (NR24 2RB). It has a recorded floor area of 165 m² (around 1776 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (February 2017) shows an F (score 28), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it D (March 2016); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 94), a 5-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

At 165 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). Today's modelled estimate of £404,000 is 30.3% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£175/sq ft) was about 30.4% below the postcode norm. On the market in August 2016 and unlisted since — roughly 10 years. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2017.