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Get startedMoat Farm Barns is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Lessingham, Norwich, Norwich (NR12 0DW). It has a recorded floor area of 86 m² (around 926 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (November 2015) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (February 2011); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, window efficiency dropped from Good to Average and hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from November 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot.
Sale prices here have outpaced Norwich HPI: 9.1% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £311,000 is 12.4% below the 2025 sale of £355,000, below the original sale price, which typically signals condition or completion-status changes worth verifying. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£383/sq ft) was about 72.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. It changed hands recently, sold March 2025 for £355,000. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2018. Past consents include an extension, a conservatory and new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs).
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 19 Nov 2025
Moat Farm Barns has an approved single-storey extension on the planning record.
Moat Farm Barns has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1996.
£311,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 9.1% per year over 29 years.
£355,000
Growth on file: 9.1% per year over 29 years.
Moat Farm Barns is notably below the street on years held.
Price per m²
£4,128
Street avg £4,595
Floor Area
86 m²
Street avg 102 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
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
2.7 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.7dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Hot water efficiency decreased
Loft insulation upgraded to recommended levels
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Extension: Single storey
Single storey extension to replace existing conservatory; insertion of rooflights and two replacement windows
28 March 2025Most recent
£355,000
+42.0%over 8 years24 March 2017
£250,000
+117.4%over 16 years1 December 2000
£115,000
+291.2%over 4 years13 September 1996
£29,400
Median price across the last 5 sales in NR12 0DW: £600,000 (2024–2013).
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2 Moat Farm Cottages East Ruston Road Lessingham Norwich
Sold Nov 2013
Moat Farm Barns Stable Cottage East Ruston Road Lessingham Norwich
Sold Jan 2001
CO₂ Emissions
5.4 t/year
Street avg 4.7 t/year
NR12 0UL
Happisburgh Church of England Primary Academy. 1 school nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.6dB
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