2 Lodge Cottages, The Street, Hempstead, Holt, NR25 6TL

2 Lodge Cottages is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Hempstead, Holt, Holt (NR25 6TL). It has a recorded floor area of 47 m² (around 506 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (April 2018) shows a G (score 12), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at G across 3 certificates since May 2011. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average; while main heating dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 93), a 6-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. Other recorded features include outbuildings. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.

At 47 m² it's 26% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (64 m² median across 12 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Most recent transfer: August 2021 at £252,000. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. 5 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an annexe, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2006–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£498/sq ft) was about 119.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode.