17 The Sparlings, Kirby Le Soken, Frinton On Sea, CO13 0HD
About 17 The Sparlings
17 The Sparlings is a four-bedroom detached house in Kirby-Le-Soken, Frinton-On-Sea, Frinton On Sea (CO13 0HD). It has a recorded floor area of 143 m² (around 1539 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band E. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (October 2018) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history. The home occupies a corner plot.
One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2003. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 143 m² it's 25.4% larger than the typical home in the postcode (114 m² median across 15 EPCs). Across 1996–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.3% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£257/sq ft) was about 21.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold June 2021 for £395,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
- Dining roomYes
- Utility roomYes
- CloakroomYes
- EnsuiteYes
- StudyYes
Outside
- GarageYes
- LandYes
- Corner plotYes
Building
- TenureFreehold
- Previously extendedYes
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Council records include a two-storey side extension at 17 The Sparlings.
- Dec 2003ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Two storey · Side of property
Two storey side extension
- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- 03/02136/FUL
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
17 The Sparlings has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1996.
£428,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.3% per year over 25 years.
£395,000
Growth on file: 6.3% per year over 25 years.
Sales timeline
17 June 2021Most recent
£395,000
+363.1%over 25 years25 March 1996
£85,300
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO13 0HD: £372,000 (2025–2019).
Nearby sales in CO13 0HD
22 The Sparlings, Kirby Le Soken, Frinton On Sea, CO13 0HD
Sold Mar 2025
£282,5009 The Sparlings, Kirby Le Soken, Frinton On Sea, CO13 0HD
Sold Jun 2021
£372,00010 The Sparlings, Kirby Le Soken, Frinton On Sea, CO13 0HD
Sold Mar 2021
£375,0004 The Sparlings, Kirby Le Soken, Frinton On Sea, CO13 0HD
Sold Jan 2021
£530,00014 The Sparlings, Kirby Le Soken, Frinton On Sea, CO13 0HD
Sold Feb 2019
£295,000
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What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other The Sparlings homes
On habitable rooms, 17 The Sparlings stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£2,762
Street avg £2,754
Floor Area
143 m²
Street avg 117 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.0 t/year
Street avg 6.1 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Horsey Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.8 km
Kirby Primary Academy. 4 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.0dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.0dB