55a, Scarlet Road, Norwich, NR4 6BW

55a is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Norwich (NR4 6BW). It has a recorded floor area of 45 m² (around 484 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band A. At 45 m² this is the 10th smallest of 51 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 34–110 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (May 2018) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump.

Held since January 2004 — that's 22 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 45 m² it sits well below the postcode median (76 m² across 50 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2000–2004, sale prices on this property compounded at 28.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £136,000 sits 77.8% above the 2004 sale of £76,500.