The Old Post Office, The Green, Barnby, Beccles, NR34 7QT

The Old Post Office is a four-bedroom detached house in Barnby, Beccles, Beccles (NR34 7QT). It has a recorded floor area of 42 m² (around 452 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1983-1990. The latest certificate (April 2014) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since April 2014. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good, roof efficiency went from Poor to Average and window efficiency went from Poor to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Average and lighting dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 88), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from April 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 42 m² it sits well below the postcode median (98 m² across 4 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs). One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2018. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1996–2015, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £464,000 is 47.3% above the 2015 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£697/sq ft) was about 240.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last changed hands 11 years ago, in October 2015.