The Cottage, Holt Road, Edgefield, Melton Constable, NR24 2RP

The Cottage is a detached house in Edgefield, Melton Constable, Melton Constable (NR24 2RP). It has a recorded floor area of 227 m² (around 2443 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1983-1990. The latest certificate (January 2022) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77). Main heating runs on oil.

It hasn't traded since August 1997, a hold of 29 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 227 m² the property is well over the postcode median (91 m² across 13 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £534,000 sits 790.7% above the 1997 sale of £59,950. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£25/sq ft) was about 86.9% below the postcode norm. 5 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include tree works and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.