Orchard Cottage, Mill Lane, Keswick, Norwich, NR4 6TP

Orchard Cottage is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Keswick, Norwich, Norwich (NR4 6TP). It has a recorded floor area of 100 m² (around 1076 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (October 2014) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in March 2010 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from October 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record.

Held since June 1997 — that's 29 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. Today's modelled estimate of £533,000 sits 97.4% above the 1997 sale of £270,000. At 100 m² it sits well below the postcode median (164 m² across 6 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally.