Applegate Cottage, Mill Road, Banham, Norwich, NR16 2HU

Applegate Cottage is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Banham, Norwich, Norwich (NR16 2HU). It has a recorded floor area of 136 m² (around 1464 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (October 2024) shows a C (score 70). When first surveyed in October 2015 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Average to Good, roof efficiency went from Average to Very Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 83). Main heating runs on oil.

Sale prices here have outpaced Norwich HPI: 28.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£307/sq ft) was about 72.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 136 m² the property is well over the postcode median (102 m² across 41 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 73% of similar EPCs). It changed hands recently, sold January 2025 for £450,000. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2022. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.