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Get startedMoat Farm Barns is a four-bedroom detached house in Lessingham, Norwich, Norwich (NR12 0DW). It has a recorded floor area of 111 m² (around 1195 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (December 2020) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (July 2010); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
Sale prices here have outpaced Norwich HPI: 7.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £479,000 is 10.1% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£364/sq ft) was about 51.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a garage conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 111 m² it's 23.3% larger than the typical home in the postcode (90 m² median across 4 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs). 4 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Most recent transfer: February 2021 at £435,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Moat Farm Barns has an approved side extension on the planning record.
Erection of summerhouse
Moat Farm Barns has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 2000.
£479,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.6% per year over 20 years.
£435,000
Growth on file: 7.6% per year over 20 years.
On habitable rooms, Moat Farm Barns stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£3,919
Street avg £4,664
Floor Area
111 m²
Street avg 95 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 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
Windows upgraded, improving insulation
Loft insulation upgraded to recommended levels
More low energy lighting installed
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Extension: Rear of property
ERECTION OF REAR EXTENSION AND CONVERSION OF GARAGE INTO LIVING ACCOMMODATION
1 more application for this property
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17 February 2021Most recent
£435,000
+166.9%over 17 years19 December 2003
£163,000
+66.3%over 3 years8 November 2000
£98,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in NR12 0DW: £600,000 (2025–2017).
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Sold Mar 2025
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Sold Sept 2024
Moat Farm Barn End East Ruston Road Lessingham Norwich
Sold Jul 2017
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
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.9 t/year
Street avg 4.6 t/year
NR12 0EB
Happisburgh Church of England Primary Academy. 1 school nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.6dB
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