Flat 2, 287 London Road South, Lowestoft, NR33 0DX

Flat 2 is a semi-detached house in Lowestoft (NR33 0DX). It has a recorded floor area of 69 m² (around 743 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. At 69 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (69–70 m²). The latest certificate (June 2023) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in November 2020 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78). Main heating runs on electricity.

Held since June 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 69 m² the property is well over the postcode median (46 m² across 34 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £147,000 sits 167.3% above the 1999 sale of £55,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£74/sq ft) was about 81.8% below the postcode norm.