Arboretum, Mill Lane, Barnby, Beccles, NR34 7PX

Arboretum is a five-bedroom detached house in Barnby, Beccles, Beccles (NR34 7PX). It has a recorded floor area of 240 m² (around 2583 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (April 2022) shows a C (score 74). The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 92), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include a conservatory and a self-contained annexe. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

Held since December 1998 — that's 28 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 240 m² the property is well over the postcode median (97 m² across 25 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £691,000 sits 254.4% above the 1998 sale of £195,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£75/sq ft) was about 56.9% below the postcode norm. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.