147 Hills Road, Saham Hills, Thetford, IP25 7EW
About 147 Hills Road
147 Hills Road is a two-bedroom detached house in Saham Hills, Thetford, Thetford (IP25 7EW). It has a recorded floor area of 63 m² (around 678 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1950-1966. The latest certificate (June 2022) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
At 63 m² it sits well below the postcode median (95 m² across 36 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 3 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£479/sq ft) was about 163.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold December 2022 for £325,000. 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
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms1
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- GarageDetached
Energy performance
147 Hills Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
- Apr 2023ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Rear of property
Rendering of existing dwelling and proposed rear extension with juliet balcony
- Documents
- 10 docs on file
- Reference
- 3PL/2023/0294/HOU
- Sept 2013ExtensionAmendmentIn report
Extension: Rear of property
Extension of time limit on pp 3PL/2010/0799/F - demo of outbuilding & erection of single storey rear ext
- Documents
- 3 docs on file
- Reference
- 3TL/2013/0009/TL
What's in 147 Hills Road, Saham Hills, Thetford, IP25 7EW's planning history?
1 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£320,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£325,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
21 December 2022Most recent
£325,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in IP25 7EW: £287,000 (2025–2022).
Nearby sales in IP25 7EW
73 Hills Road, Saham Hills, Thetford, IP25 7EW
Sold Jul 2025
£276,000133 Hills Road, Saham Hills, Thetford, IP25 7EW
Sold May 2025
£305,000117 Hills Road, Saham Hills, Thetford, IP25 7EW
Sold Apr 2025
£291,000115 Hills Road, Saham Hills, Thetford, IP25 7EW
Sold Nov 2023
£287,000131 Hills Road, Saham Hills, Thetford, IP25 7EW
Sold Jun 2022
£280,000
Everything we know about 147 Hills Road, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
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Versus other Hills Road homes
Price per m² for 147 Hills Road runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£5,159
Street avg £2,480
Floor Area
63 m²
Street avg 96 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.2 t/year
Street avg 4.7 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
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Closest school
1.4 km
Parker's Church of England Primary Academy. 3 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.1dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.7dB