Bay Tree Cottage, School Road, Brisley, Dereham, NR20 5LH

Bay Tree Cottage is a three-bedroom detached house in Brisley, Dereham, Dereham (NR20 5LH). It has a recorded floor area of 185 m² (around 1991 sq ft) and council tax band E. The latest certificate (July 2013) returns a high B (score 91), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. When first surveyed in April 2010 the rating was C, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good and hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good; while window efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and lighting dropped from Very Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to A (score 92). Main heating runs on electricity: electricity, unspecified tariff. The latest certificate is from July 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include outbuildings and attached land beyond the plot.

Held since September 2007 — that's 19 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 185 m² it's 26.7% larger than the typical home in the postcode (146 m² median across 30 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Today's modelled estimate of £532,000 sits 80.3% above the 2007 sale of £295,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£148/sq ft) was about 30.4% below the postcode norm. 4 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused.