Birkfield House, Bridge Road, High Kelling, Holt, NR25 6QT

Birkfield House is a seven-bedroom detached house in High Kelling, Holt, Holt (NR25 6QT). It has a recorded floor area of 358 m² (around 3853 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1930-1949. There is a swimming pool on the plot, uncommon for the area. The latest certificate (May 2024) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. When first surveyed in April 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 3 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 88).

Held since March 2010 — that's 16 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 358 m² the property is well over the postcode median (62 m² across 5 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. 7 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 2 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £1,437,000 sits 144.6% above the 2010 sale of £587,500. 11 planning records sit against the property, 8 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include tree works, an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.