Eastgate Cottage, Cross Street, Salthouse, Holt, NR25 7XH

Eastgate Cottage is a detached house in Salthouse, Holt, Holt (NR25 7XH). It has a recorded floor area of 171 m² (around 1841 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (January 2021) shows an F (score 35), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (September 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Average; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Average and main heating dropped from Very Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 67), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

Across 2005–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £690,000 is 23% below the 2021 sale of £896,500, below the original sale price, which typically signals condition or completion-status changes worth verifying. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£487/sq ft) was about 90.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 171 m² the property is well over the postcode median (110 m² across 16 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs). Last sale on file: £896,500 in June 2021. Across the public record there are 4 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. 6 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 4 refused. Past consents include an extension and an annexe, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.