Footpath Cottage, Newton Road, Castle Acre, King's Lynn, PE32 2AZ

Footpath Cottage is a semi-detached house in King's Lynn (PE32 2AZ). It has a recorded floor area of 107 m² (around 1152 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (December 2025) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since October 2012. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Held since January 2011 — that's 16 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 107 m² it's 29.6% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (152 m² median across 5 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. 4 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £500,000 is 29.9% above the 2011 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£334/sq ft) was about 67.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode.