The Cottage, Hungate, Beccles, NR34 9TL

The Cottage is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Beccles (NR34 9TL). 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. The latest certificate (October 2019) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 89), a 2-band jump.

Held since August 2003 — that's 23 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 69 m² the property is well over the postcode median (51 m² across 3 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. Today's modelled estimate of £266,000 is 26.7% above the 2003 sale price.