Gretna Cottage, The Street, Halvergate, Norwich, NR13 3AJ

Gretna Cottage is a two-bedroom detached house in Halvergate, Norwich, Norwich (NR13 3AJ). It has a recorded floor area of 66 m² (around 710 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (November 2016) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since September 2012. Between certificates, window efficiency dropped from Good to Average and lighting dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. Other recorded features include notable views.

At 66 m² it sits well below the postcode median (105 m² across 13 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Last sale on file: £245,000 in April 2021. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2006–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.3% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£345/sq ft) was about 74.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode.