Little Crawfish Cottage, Fakenham Road, Thursford, Fakenham, NR21 0BD

Little Crawfish Cottage is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Thursford, Fakenham, Fakenham (NR21 0BD). It has a recorded floor area of 114 m² (around 1227 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (May 2014) shows an F (score 30), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at F across 2 certificates since October 2010. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average and main heating went from Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on lpg. The latest certificate is from May 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Untraded for 19 years, with the last transfer in August 2007. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 10.1% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £266,000 sits 56.5% above the 2007 sale of £170,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£139/sq ft) was about 40.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 114 m² the property is well over the postcode median (77 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement.