Lower House, St James Green, Castle Acre, King's Lynn, PE32 2BD

Lower House is a five-bedroom detached house in King's Lynn (PE32 2BD). It has a recorded floor area of 393 m² (around 4230 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (July 2021) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in September 2011 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while main heating dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78). Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include outbuildings and a basement. Period features are noted in the property record.

At 393 m² the property is well over the postcode median (113 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. 4 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1995–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 16.7% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£307/sq ft) was about 60.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £1,300,000 in October 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.