2 Bridge Cottage, Bridge Lane, Hills Road, Saham Hills, Thetford, IP25 7JW

2 Bridge Cottage is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Saham Hills, Thetford, Thetford (IP25 7JW). It has a recorded floor area of 80 m² (around 861 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (October 2020) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in March 2010 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Good, lighting went from Poor to Very Good and main heating went from Average to Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include notable views and attached land beyond the plot.

At 80 m² the property is well over the postcode median (55 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 75% of similar EPCs). Across 1999–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£246/sq ft) was about 48.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £212,000 in November 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.