Flat 2, 128 High Street, Newmarket, CB8 8JP

Flat 2 is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Newmarket (CB8 8JP). It has a recorded floor area of 74 m² (around 797 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. At 74 m² this is the largest unit on EPC record across the building (43–74 m²). The building's EPC ratings span D to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (60 versus a best of 77). The latest certificate (August 2023) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in June 2015 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 73). Main heating runs on electricity.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 3.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £158,000 is 37.4% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£144/sq ft) was about 26.2% below the postcode norm. At 74 m² the property is well over the postcode median (56 m² across 16 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Most recent transfer: April 2022 at £115,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.