The Cottage, Flaxlands, Carleton Rode, Norwich, NR16 1AD

The Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Carleton Rode, Norwich, Norwich (NR16 1AD). It has a recorded floor area of 182 m² (around 1959 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot. Period features are noted in the property record. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy. The latest certificate (December 2020) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since February 2011. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Average to Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77). Main heating runs on oil.

Sale prices here have outpaced Norwich HPI: 5.7% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £632,000 is 12.9% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£286/sq ft) was about 62% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 182 m² the property is well over the postcode median (119 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Sold October 2021 for £560,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.