The Old School House, Lowestoft Road, Hopton, Great Yarmouth, NR31 9AH

The Old School House is a three-bedroom detached house in Hopton, Great Yarmouth, Great Yarmouth (NR31 9AH). It has a recorded floor area of 196 m² (around 2110 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (May 2021) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since August 2010. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Average; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include a conservatory. Period features are noted in the property record.

At 196 m² the property is well over the postcode median (87 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 88% of similar EPCs). Across 2002–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £406,000 is 35.3% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£142/sq ft) was about 17.3% below the postcode norm. Last sale on file: £300,000 in February 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2021.