The Retreat, The Fairstead, Cley, Holt, NR25 7RJ

The Retreat is a two-bedroom detached house in Cley, Holt, Holt (NR25 7RJ). It has a recorded floor area of 76 m² (around 818 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 2012 onwards. The latest certificate (April 2025) shows a C (score 74). The rating has held steady at C across 2 certificates since August 2013. Between certificates, main heating went from Poor to Good; while window efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 91). Main heating runs on electricity.

At 76 m² it sits well below the postcode median (122 m² across 13 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 77% of similar EPCs). 2 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. Across 2009–2015, sale prices on this property compounded at 46.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £516,000 is 30.6% above the 2015 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£483/sq ft) was about 39.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last changed hands 11 years ago, in January 2015.