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20 LOUIES LANE

DISS, NORFOLK IP22 4LR

4 beds 2 baths 191 m² Listed 3 Jul 2020 (-2209d)

£500,000

Reduced on 13 Jul 2020

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# 4 bedroom detached house for sale (IP22 4LR)

## Property Details

| Key | Value |
|-----|-------|
| Address | 20 LOUIES LANE, DISS, NORFOLK IP22 4LR |
| Price | £500,000 |
| Bedrooms | 4 |
| Bathrooms | 2 |
| Last sold | £490,000 Dec 2020 |

## EPC Rating & Upgrade Cost

- **Current rating:** D
- **Potential rating:** C
- **Expiry date:** 30/09/2023 — **EXPIRED** (no longer valid for marketing or letting)
- **Est. upgrade cost to C:** £24,280

### Recommendations
- A (£100 - £350)
- W (£800 - £1,200)
- E (£55)
- G (£350 - £450)
- I (£2,200 - £3,000)
- N (£4,000 - £6,000)
- X (£3,500)
- U (£9,000 - £14,000)

[View full EPC on gov.uk](https://find-energy-certificate.service.gov.uk/energy-certificate/8494-2591-9429-2607-6073)

## Description

**Location** **** **** The property is close to the heart of the town and the wide range of facilities that Diss has to offer are within walking distance including local and national shops, good social and sporting facilities, modern health centre and schooling to sixth form level. Additionally, Diss has the benefit of the mainline rail station on the Norwich to London Liverpool Street line with a journey to London of around 90 minutes. The town is well located with the fine old town of Bury St Edmunds around 18 miles away, Thetford 17 miles, Norwich and Ipswich both around 25 miles.

**The** **Property** **** This is an exceptional home within the town as there are few which can match it with regards to location and size of plot. Built by Shaw builders in the 1990s the property has been improved over the years with an updated kitchen and solar roof panels and more recently, a smart new en-suite shower room to the master bedroom.

The entrance vestibule opens into an impressively spacious entrance hall which is indicative of the accommodation throughout as all rooms are of generous sizes. The sitting room is particularly capacious, measuring 7.9m x 4.6m. This room features an open fireplace, French doors to the garden and a bay window to the front elevation. Similarly the kitchen/breakfast room is of a good size and incorporates a range of units to one end. Appliances include a double oven, five ring gas hob and extractor hood. There is space for a dishwasher and a large American style fridge freezer as well as a good sized kitchen table and there is further provision for appliances in the laundry room and side lobby which connects the house to the double garage. The dining room with French doors to the garden completes the ground floor layout. Upstairs are four double bedrooms, the master bedroom benefiting from a dressing room and en-suite shower room and the remaining three bedrooms have built-in wardrobes. The large double bedroom to the front aspect features a sink unit.

**Outside** **** The property is approached off Louies Lane via a private gravelled driveway which belongs to the property and over which the two neighbouring properties enjoy a right of way. The house stands at the end of its driveway with lawn areas to the front. All in all, the house sits centrally in its plot of 0.3ac excluding the driveway (0.48ac including driveway). There is ample parking immediately in front of the double garage and additionally, behind the fencing/gate lies a further area which could be utilised for a caravan or motor home or even an annexe, subject to planning consents. Adjacent to this lies a shed, fruit cage and vegetable patch and the formal gardens run along the east and south elevations bordered with a well maintained evergreen hedge.

**Services** **** Mains water, drainage, gas and electricity are connected to the property. Solar roof panels on a feed-in tariff installed after the date of the current EPC. Gas fired boiler providing heating to radiators and domestic hot water.

**Directions** **** From Roydon Road turn into Louies Lane and a little further along on the right hand side lies the gravelled driveway which gives access to the property.

**Viewing** **** Strictly by appointment with TW Gaze.

**Freehold	** ****

**Ref:** **/REY** ****

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## Floorplans

- ![Floorplan 1](/listings/photos/81672919/752783) - Floorplan 1

## EPC Graphs

- ![EPC 1](/listings/photos/81672919/752784) - EPC 1

## FENSA Certificates

This property has 5 FENSA certificate(s) on record.

### FENSA Certificate #4020588
- **Address:** 20 Louies Lane, DISS, IP22 4LR
- **Certificate Issued:** 04/09/2006
- **Work Completed:** 21/08/2006
- **Items:** 2 door(s)

### FENSA Certificate #13063364
- **Address:** 20 Louies Lane, DISS, IP22 4LR
- **Certificate Issued:** 30/07/2018
- **Work Completed:** 10/05/2018
- **Items:** 2 window(s)

### FENSA Certificate #13684835
- **Address:** 20 Louies Lane, DISS, IP22 4LR
- **Certificate Issued:** 05/08/2019
- **Work Completed:** 04/07/2019
- **Items:** 1 window(s)

### FENSA Certificate #14963509
- **Address:** 20 Louies Lane, DISS, IP22 4LR
- **Certificate Issued:** 26/12/2021
- **Work Completed:** 12/10/2021
- **Items:** 15 window(s)

### FENSA Certificate #17107172
- **Address:** 20 Louies Lane, DISS, IP22 4LR
- **Certificate Issued:** 21/12/2025
- **Work Completed:** 22/09/2025
- **Items:** 3 door(s)

## Sales History

*Recorded sales for this property. Data from Land Registry Price Paid.*

| Address | Price | Date | Type |
|---------|-------|------|------|
| 20 LOUIES LANE, DISS, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK, IP22 4LR | £490,000 | 02/12/2020 | Detached |
| 20 LOUIES LANE, DISS, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK, IP22 4LR | £485,000 | 13/02/2020 | Detached |
| 20 LOUIES LANE, DISS, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK, IP22 4LR | £385,000 | 17/12/2013 | Detached |

## Sold Comparables

*Same street and nearby sales within 0.25 miles. Data from Land Registry Price Paid. Last 5 years.*

| Address | Price | Date | Type |
|---------|-------|------|------|
| 7 CHERRY TREE COURT, DISS, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK, IP22 4QW | £261,000 | 04/07/2025 | Detached |
| 27 CHERRY TREE COURT, DISS, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK, IP22 4QW | £310,000 | 30/06/2023 | Detached |
| 15 HALL HILLS, DISS, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK, IP22 4LP | £518,000 | 28/06/2023 | Detached |
| 1 SCHOLARS WALK, DISS, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK, IP22 4EA | £365,000 | 28/02/2023 | Detached |
| 9 CHERRY TREE COURT, DISS, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK, IP22 4QW | £315,000 | 10/11/2022 | Detached |
| 16 HALL HILLS, DISS, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK, IP22 4LP | £475,000 | 17/06/2022 | Detached |
| 56 SCHOLARS WALK, DISS, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK, IP22 4EA | £372,000 | 30/05/2022 | Detached |
| 3 LOUIES LANE, DISS, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK, IP22 4LR | £475,000 | 29/04/2022 | Detached |
| 35 LOUIES LANE, DISS, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK, IP22 4LY | £310,000 | 18/03/2022 | Detached |
| 2 HALL HILLS, DISS, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK, IP22 4LP | £402,500 | 15/12/2021 | Detached |
| 40 SCHOLARS WALK, DISS, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK, IP22 4EA | £330,000 | 29/09/2021 | Detached |
| 24 ORCHARD GROVE, DISS, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK, IP22 4LX | £260,000 | 27/08/2021 | Detached |

**Area average:** £366,125 (12 sales)

## Price vs local average

*Outcode + property type (HousePrices, last 2 years).*

- **Local average:** £461,682 (44 Detached, IP22, 2024–2026)
- **Deviation:** +8.3%

## Rental Range

*ONS Price Index of Private Rents (South Norfolk). Low / Realistic / Optimistic = conservative / average / best case.*

- **Low:** £883/mo
- **Realistic:** £981/mo
- **Optimistic:** £1,079/mo

## LHA (Local Housing Allowance)

*VOA 30th percentile rent floor for Central Norfolk & Norwich (Apr 2025 – Mar 2026).*

- **LHA floor (this property size):** £1,147/mo

## Rental Comparables

*Residential lets from OpenRent and Rightmove for the area (same bedroom count). Use to validate rent estimates. Student lets are excluded.*

| Title | Rent | Beds | Distance | As seen on |
|------|------|------|------|------|
| 4 Bed Detached House, Ling Road, IP22 | £1,850/mo | 4 | 0.67 miles | OpenRent |
| 4 Bed Detached House, Sycamore Way, IP22 | £1,200/mo | 4 | 0.84 miles | OpenRent |

**Average rent: £1,525/mo (2 listings)**

## 1% Rule

- **Rent ratio:** 0.31% (weak for cashflow)
- **Max investor price (0.8%):** £190,625
- **Target investor price (1%):** £152,500

*Monthly rent ÷ price. 1%+ = strong, 0.8–1% = okay, <0.8% = weak. Max investor price = rent ÷ 0.8% (Stoke-style target). Target investor price = rent ÷ 1% (strong cashflow band). Based on OpenRent comparables.*

## Rent-driven metrics

*Based on OpenRent comparables (median £1,525/mo).*

- **Gross yield:** 3.7%
- **Cost-to-rent:** 27.3×
- **Monthly cashflow:** £-622/mo (75% LTV, 3.95% APR (5yr fixed), 25yr term)
- **Cash-on-cash ROI:** -5.1%

*Gross yield = annual rent as % of price (no costs). Cost-to-rent = price ÷ annual rent (from OpenRent comparables); under 14× = strong, 14–16× = acceptable, 17×+ = compressed. Cashflow = rent − mortgage − 10% maintenance − £25/mo compliance; assumes 75% LTV, 3.95% APR (5yr fixed), 25yr term. ROI = annual profit ÷ cash in (deposit + 4% purchase costs).*

## Price per Square Metre

- **£/m²:** £2,618/m²

## Capital growth trend

*Land Registry outcode average from sold prices: last 12 months vs 5y and 10y ago.*

- **5y growth:** -0.1%
- **10y growth:** 20.9%

## House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

*Official index for South Norfolk; Detached series; as of April 2026.*

- **1y growth (index):** 1.6%
- **5y growth (index):** 14.3%
- **10y growth (index):** 40.3%

## Flood risk

- **Zone:** 1
- **Risk:** Low
- **Source:** Job (default Low)

[Check long-term flood risk (GOV.UK)](https://check-long-term-flood-risk.service.gov.uk/postcode)

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Property details

Tenure

FREEHOLD

Floor area

191 m²

EPC rating

Last sold

£490,000 Dec 2020

Price per m²

£2,618/m²

Local average

£461,682 (+8.3%)

Deprivation

Decile 8 (26,243 of 33,755)

Street crime

53 incidents within 1 mile (May 2026)

Key features

Exclusive location set off Louies Lane
Exceptional plot size for a town property
Spacious and light interiors
Within walking distance of all amenities
Well appointed and soon to have replacement pvc windows
Room for a caravan/motorhome
Set in 0.48 acres including driveway

Additional details

Parking: Garage
Garden: Yes

Description

Location ** The property is close to the heart of the town and the wide range of facilities that Diss has to offer are within walking distance including local and national shops, good social and sporting facilities, modern health centre and schooling to sixth form level. Additionally, Diss has the benefit of the mainline rail station on the Norwich to London Liverpool Street line with a journey to London of around 90 minutes. The town is well located with the fine old town of Bury St Edmunds around 18 miles away, Thetford 17 miles, Norwich and Ipswich both around 25 miles.

The Property This is an exceptional home within the town as there are few which can match it with regards to location and size of plot. Built by Shaw builders in the 1990s the property has been improved over the years with an updated kitchen and solar roof panels and more recently, a smart new en-suite shower room to the master bedroom.

The entrance vestibule opens into an impressively spacious entrance hall which is indicative of the accommodation throughout as all rooms are of generous sizes. The sitting room is particularly capacious, measuring 7.9m x 4.6m. This room features an open fireplace, French doors to the garden and a bay window to the front elevation. Similarly the kitchen/breakfast room is of a good size and incorporates a range of units to one end. Appliances include a double oven, five ring gas hob and extractor hood. There is space for a dishwasher and a large American style fridge freezer as well as a good sized kitchen table and there is further provision for appliances in the laundry room and side lobby which connects the house to the double garage. The dining room with French doors to the garden completes the ground floor layout. Upstairs are four double bedrooms, the master bedroom benefiting from a dressing room and en-suite shower room and the remaining three bedrooms have built-in wardrobes. The large double bedroom to the front aspect features a sink unit.

Outside The property is approached off Louies Lane via a private gravelled driveway which belongs to the property and over which the two neighbouring properties enjoy a right of way. The house stands at the end of its driveway with lawn areas to the front. All in all, the house sits centrally in its plot of 0.3ac excluding the driveway (0.48ac including driveway). There is ample parking immediately in front of the double garage and additionally, behind the fencing/gate lies a further area which could be utilised for a caravan or motor home or even an annexe, subject to planning consents. Adjacent to this lies a shed, fruit cage and vegetable patch and the formal gardens run along the east and south elevations bordered with a well maintained evergreen hedge.

Services Mains water, drainage, gas and electricity are connected to the property. Solar roof panels on a feed-in tariff installed after the date of the current EPC. Gas fired boiler providing heating to radiators and domestic hot water.

Directions From Roydon Road turn into Louies Lane and a little further along on the right hand side lies the gravelled driveway which gives access to the property.

Viewing Strictly by appointment with TW Gaze.

Freehold

Ref: /REY **

Listed by

Diss

TW Gaze

Reference: 81672919

EPC Rating & Upgrade Cost

This certificate expired on 30/09/2023. A new EPC may be required before the property can be marketed or let.

Current rating: D

Potential rating: C

Inspection date: 01/10/2013

Expiry date: 30/09/2023 (expired)

Est. upgrade cost to C: £24,280

EPC D or below may face future regulation risk. Upgrading to C could improve long-term ROI.

Recommendations

Increase loft insulation to 270 mm (£100 - £350)
Floor insulation (£800 - £1,200)
Low energy lighting for all fixed outlets (£55)
Upgrade heating controls (£350 - £450)
Replace boiler with new condensing boiler (£2,200 - £3,000)
Solar water heating (£4,000 - £6,000)
High performance external doors (£3,500)
Solar photovoltaic panels, 2.5 kWp (£9,000 - £14,000)

View full EPC on gov.uk

Flood risk

Zone: 1

Risk: Low

Job (default Low)

Floorplans

Floorplan 1

EPC Graphs

Certificate Issued: 21/12/2025

Work Completed: 22/09/2025

This certificate data was retrieved from FENSA's database

What is FENSA? FENSA (Fenestration Self-Assessment Scheme) is a government-authorised scheme that monitors building regulation compliance for replacement windows and doors. Certificates indicate that work was completed by FENSA-approved installers.

Price history

27% since 2013

Event	Date	Price	% change
Sold	02/12/2020 (5 years ago)	£490,000	+1%
Sold	13/02/2020 (6 years ago)	£485,000	+26%
Sold	17/12/2013 (12 years ago)	£385,000	—

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Crown copyright.

Sold Comparables

Same street and nearby sales within 0.25 miles (last 5 years). Data from Land Registry Price Paid.

Address	Price	Date	Type
7 CHERRY TREE COURT, DISS, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK, IP22 4QW	£261,000	04/07/2025	Detached
27 CHERRY TREE COURT, DISS, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK, IP22 4QW	£310,000	30/06/2023	Detached
15 HALL HILLS, DISS, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK, IP22 4LP	£518,000	28/06/2023	Detached
1 SCHOLARS WALK, DISS, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK, IP22 4EA	£365,000	28/02/2023	Detached
9 CHERRY TREE COURT, DISS, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK, IP22 4QW	£315,000	10/11/2022	Detached
16 HALL HILLS, DISS, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK, IP22 4LP	£475,000	17/06/2022	Detached
56 SCHOLARS WALK, DISS, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK, IP22 4EA	£372,000	30/05/2022	Detached
3 LOUIES LANE, DISS, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK, IP22 4LR	£475,000	29/04/2022	Detached
35 LOUIES LANE, DISS, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK, IP22 4LY	£310,000	18/03/2022	Detached
2 HALL HILLS, DISS, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK, IP22 4LP	£402,500	15/12/2021	Detached
40 SCHOLARS WALK, DISS, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK, IP22 4EA	£330,000	29/09/2021	Detached
24 ORCHARD GROVE, DISS, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK, IP22 4LX	£260,000	27/08/2021	Detached

Area average: £366,125 (12 sales)

Capital growth trend

Land Registry outcode average: last 12 months vs 5y and 10y ago (from sold prices).

5y growth -0.1%

10y growth 20.9%

House Price Index (HM Land Registry — official index, not sold-price averages): South Norfolk. Series: Detached. As of April 2026.

1y (index) 1.6%

5y (index) 14.3%

10y (index) 40.3%

Rental Range

Estimated market rent for South Norfolk. Low = conservative, Realistic = average, Optimistic = best case.

Low £883/mo

Realistic £981/mo

Optimistic £1,079/mo

Based on Local Authority from postcode lookup → South Norfolk.

LHA (30th percentile) floor for Central Norfolk & Norwich: £1,147/mo (Apr 2025 – Mar 2026)

Location

Map view View on Google Maps View on OpenStreetMap Street View IP22 4LR

Nearby

Nearest stations, universities and amenities (distance from property).

Type	Name	Distance
Bus stop	Factory Lane, adj	0.1 miles
Bus stop	Shelfanger Road / Scholars Walk	0.1 miles
Shop	Jannie Janes Florist	0.2 miles
Shop	Mr. Barbers	0.2 miles
Train station	Diss	0.9 miles
Hospital	Hartismere Hospital	4.2 miles
Train station	Eccles Road	8.5 miles
Hospital	Richmond House	8.6 miles

Street-level crime

Category	Count
Violence and sexual offences	17
Shoplifting	13
Criminal damage and arson	6
Anti-social behaviour	5
Other crime	4
Other theft	4
Public order	3
Vehicle crime	1
Total incidents	53

Within 1 mile during May 2026. Source: data.police.uk (England & Wales).

Schools nearby

Nearest open schools with Ofsted ratings (England). Closed schools are not shown. Data from Get Information about Schools and Ofsted.

Name	Type	Distance	Ofsted
Diss Church of England Junior Academy	Primary	0.4 miles	Good — 10 Nov 2022
Diss High School	Secondary	0.5 miles	Good — 21 Mar 2014
Roydon Primary School	Primary	0.6 miles	Good — 6 May 2024
Diss Infant Academy and Nursery	Primary	0.6 miles	Requires improvement — 28 Sep 2023
Palgrave Church of England Primary School	Primary	1.1 miles	Good — 6 Nov 2019

Rental Comparables

Residential lets from OpenRent and Rightmove for the area (same bedroom count). Use to validate rent estimates. Student lets are excluded.

Title	Rent	Beds	Distance	As seen on
4 Bed Detached House, Ling Road, IP22	£1,850/mo	4	0.67 miles	OpenRent
4 Bed Detached House, Sycamore Way, IP22	£1,200/mo	4	0.84 miles	OpenRent

Average rent: £1,525/mo (2 listings)

Rent-driven metrics

Based on OpenRent comparables.

Rent ratio 0.31%

Max investor price (0.8%) £190,625

Target investor price (1%) £152,500

Gross yield 3.7%

Cost-to-rent ratio 27.3×

Monthly cashflow £-622/mo 75% LTV, 3.95% APR (5yr fixed), 25yr term

Cash-on-cash ROI -5.1%

Rent ratio — Monthly rent ÷ purchase price (1% rule). 1%+ = strong, 0.8–1% = okay, <0.8% = weak for cashflow.
Max investor price — Rent ÷ 0.8%; the price at which rent would be 0.8% of price (Stoke-style target).
Target investor price — Rent ÷ 1%; the price at which rent would be 1% of price (strong cashflow band).
Gross yield — Annual rent as % of purchase price (no costs).
Cost-to-rent — Price ÷ annual rent (from OpenRent comparables). Under 14× = strong, 14–16× = acceptable, 17×+ = compressed.
Cashflow — Rent minus mortgage, 10% maintenance, £25/mo compliance. Assumes 75% LTV, 3.95% APR (5yr fixed), 25yr term.
ROI — Annual profit ÷ cash in (deposit + 4% purchase costs).

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