Kirkley Court, Flat 5, 273 London Road South, Lowestoft, NR33 0DS

Kirkley Court is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Lowestoft (NR33 0DS). It has a recorded floor area of 30 m² (around 323 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1976-1982. At 30 m² this is the largest unit on EPC record across Kirkley Court (24–30 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to B, with this unit at the top. On EPC score it ranks first in the building (81 versus a worst of 42). The latest certificate (March 2023) returns a B (score 81), comfortably above the UK average. When first surveyed in August 2010 the rating was D, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average and main heating went from Poor to Average. Main heating runs on electricity.

Held since August 1999 — that's 27 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 30 m² it sits well below the postcode median (53 m² across 20 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Today's modelled estimate of £108,000 sits 468.4% above the 1999 sale of £19,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£59/sq ft) was about 45.7% below the postcode norm.