Bedale, Nethergate Street, Hopton, Diss, IP22 2QZ

Bedale is a three-bedroom detached house in Hopton, Diss, Diss (IP22 2QZ). It has a recorded floor area of 70 m² (around 753 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (June 2024) shows a G (score 20), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 70), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

It hasn't traded since March 2008, a hold of 18 years that's notably long for the area. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 70 m² it sits well below the postcode median (108 m² across 30 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1997–2008, sale prices on this property compounded at 11.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £210,000 sits 90.9% above the 2008 sale of £110,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£146/sq ft) was about 26.8% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2008. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.