Burlington Gardens, Flat D, 4 The Esplanade, Sheringham, NR26 8LG

Burlington Gardens is a detached house in Sheringham (NR26 8LG). It has a recorded floor area of 38 m² (around 409 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1983-1990. At 38 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across Burlington Gardens (38–79 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (44 versus a best of 69). The latest certificate (February 2024) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it C (November 2008); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 38 m² it sits well below the postcode median (70 m² across 34 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. One planning record on file: new windows approved in 2002. Past consents include new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2005–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£709/sq ft) was about 66.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £290,000 in November 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.