Old Barn Cottage, Bunwell Street, Bunwell, Norwich, NR16 1SH

Old Barn Cottage is a semi-detached house in Bunwell, Norwich, Norwich (NR16 1SH). It has a recorded floor area of 62 m² (around 667 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (November 2012) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 93), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from November 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Untraded for 18 years, with the last transfer in August 2008. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 62 m² it sits well below the postcode median (138 m² across 9 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 89% of similar EPCs). Across 1995–2008, sale prices on this property compounded at 16.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £221,000 is 31.5% above the 2008 sale price.