Hollybank, High Street, Hopton, Diss, IP22 2QX

Hollybank is a five-bedroom detached house in Hopton, Diss, Diss (IP22 2QX). It has a recorded floor area of 232 m² (around 2497 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band F. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. Other recorded features include outbuildings. The latest certificate (March 2014) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in October 2008 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76). Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from March 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since September 1997 — that's 29 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 232 m² the property is well over the postcode median (118 m² across 31 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £645,000 sits 360.7% above the 1997 sale of £140,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£56/sq ft) was about 65.6% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused.