Meridian, The Street, Hepworth, Diss, IP22 2PX

Meridian is a four-bedroom detached house in Hepworth, Diss, Diss (IP22 2PX). It has a recorded floor area of 189 m² (around 2034 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (March 2016) shows an F (score 36), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (February 2016); the latest reading is one band lower. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from March 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a loft.

Across 2016–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £510,000 is 13.6% below the 2022 sale of £590,000, a rare downward gap that often correlates with deferred maintenance or unfinished works. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£290/sq ft) was about 26.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 189 m² the property is well over the postcode median (122 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 86% of similar EPCs). Last sale on file: £590,000 in August 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.