1 Birkbeck Road, Norwich, NR1 2JZ

1 Birkbeck Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Norwich (NR1 2JZ). It has a recorded floor area of 81 m² (around 872 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (July 2026) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since February 2020. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good; while window efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and main heating dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 2-band jump. This certificate was lodged in the last six months, so the rating reflects current condition.

Across 2000–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £187,000 sits 74.8% above the 2021 sale of £107,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£123/sq ft) was about 28.4% below the postcode norm. Sold January 2021 for £107,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. At 81 m² it's 15.7% larger than the typical home in the postcode (70 m² median across 27 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 85% of similar EPCs).