The Jays, North Walsham Road, Bacton, Norwich, NR12 0LN

The Jays is a four-bedroom detached house in Bacton, Norwich, Norwich (NR12 0LN). It has a recorded floor area of 146 m² (around 1572 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (October 2014) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since September 2014. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from October 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe.

Sale prices here have outpaced Norwich HPI: 5% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£315/sq ft) was about 43.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 146 m² the property is well over the postcode median (92 m² across 25 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 4 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. 4 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Most recent transfer: June 2021 at £495,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.