56b, Station Road, Sudbury, CO10 2SP

56b is a semi-detached house in Sudbury (CO10 2SP). It has a recorded floor area of 175 m² (around 1884 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (October 2019) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in June 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Very Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 70), a 2-band jump.

Held since March 1998 — that's 28 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 175 m² the property is well over the postcode median (41 m² across 7 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £234,000 sits 175.3% above the 1998 sale of £85,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£45/sq ft) was about 77.5% below the postcode norm.