5 Mandells Court, Norwich, NR3 1AY

5 Mandells Court is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Norwich (NR3 1AY). It has a recorded floor area of 40 m² (around 431 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band A. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. At 40 m² this is the 25th smallest of 29 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 21–44 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (November 2019) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since August 2009. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, lighting went from Poor to Good and main heating went from Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 40 m² the property is well over the postcode median (30 m² across 28 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Most recent transfer: October 2021 at £129,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.