Hollyhock Cottage, High Street, Blakeney, Holt, NR25 7AL

Hollyhock Cottage is a mid-terrace house in Blakeney, Holt, Holt (NR25 7AL). It has a recorded floor area of 59 m² (around 635 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The latest certificate (September 2024) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in September 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Average, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good and main heating went from Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 94), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Across 2003–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £389,000 is 28.6% below the 2021 sale of £545,000, an unusual pattern given regional price growth and worth checking against the EPC condition. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£858/sq ft) was about 139.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 59 m² it sits well below the postcode median (84 m² across 29 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Last sale on file: £545,000 in November 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.