Orchard Grove, London Road, Shadingfield, Beccles, NR34 8DH

Orchard Grove is a five-bedroom detached house in Shadingfield, Beccles, Beccles (NR34 8DH). It has a recorded floor area of 193 m² (around 2082 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (March 2011) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 72). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from March 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since July 2011 — that's 15 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 193 m² the property is well over the postcode median (119 m² across 6 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Across 2002–2011, sale prices on this property compounded at 3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £520,000 sits 60% above the 2011 sale of £325,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£156/sq ft) was about 34.8% below the postcode norm.