Are you a property professional?Get qualified leads from motivated homeowners.
Get startedThe Thatched House, Hill Common, Hickling, Norwich, NR12 0BT
About The Thatched House
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
The Thatched House is a detached house in Hickling, Norwich, Norwich (NR12 0BT). It has a recorded floor area of 269 m² (around 2895 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (April 2015) shows a G (score 1), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at G across 3 certificates since March 2015. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 59), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on smokeless coal. The latest certificate is from April 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
It hasn't traded since July 1998, a hold of 28 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 269 m² the property is well over the postcode median (195 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £677,000 sits 256.3% above the 1998 sale of £190,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£66/sq ft) was about 77.2% below the postcode norm.
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
The Thatched House sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 30 Apr 2025
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
The Thatched House's estimated value is more than triple its earliest registered sale price (1998).
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£677,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
Last sold (1998)
£190,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
Versus other Hill Common homes
Four headline reads against 4 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
The Thatched House is notably below the street on price per m².
Price per m²
£706
Street avg £3,862
Floor Area
269 m²
Street avg 186 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Similar properties nearby
A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.
The neighbourhood at a glance
A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Norwich district page.
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Closest school
1.2 km
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around NR12 0BT from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.7dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 1 points of interest in total.
Beautiful places to visit nearby
Curated scenic spots within reach of this postcode, served by Beautifulplaces.ai. Photography and tagging come from their open dataset.
Common questions
The questions buyers, sellers and homeowners most often ask about The Thatched House, Hill Common, Hickling, Norwich, NR12 0BT. Each answer is also embedded as structured data for search engines.