Lawn Cottage, Westwood Lane, Great Ryburgh, Fakenham, NR21 7AP

Lawn Cottage is a detached house in Great Ryburgh, Fakenham, Fakenham (NR21 7AP). It has a recorded floor area of 194 m² (around 2088 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (March 2015) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from March 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since August 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. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an annexe, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 194 m² it's 26.8% larger than the typical home in the postcode (153 m² median across 11 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 82% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £411,000 is 49.5% above the 2007 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£132/sq ft) was about 33.6% below the postcode norm.