The Cottage, Chapel Road, Halvergate, Norwich, NR13 3QA
About The Cottage
The Cottage is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Halvergate, Norwich, Norwich (NR13 3QA). It has a recorded floor area of 63 m² (around 678 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (July 2013) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 95), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from July 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include notable views.
Sold June 2021 for £250,000. Across the public record there are 6 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. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2017. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1999–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 13.4% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£369/sq ft) was about 111.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 63 m² it's 24.6% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (84 m² median across 14 EPCs).
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Already flagged here
Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms2
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- Notable viewsYes
Energy performance
The Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 11 Jul 2023
EPC Rating
Planning history
The Cottage has an approved side and rear extension on the planning record.
- Aug 2017ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Side and rear of property
Single Storey Side/Rear Extension
- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- 20171206
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
The Cottage has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1999.
£239,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 13.4% per year over 22 years.
£250,000
Growth on file: 13.4% per year over 22 years.
Sales timeline
14 June 2021Most recent
£250,000
+100.0%over 4 years27 April 2017
£125,000
+8.7%over 11 years21 June 2005
£115,000
+27.8%over 1 year11 September 2003
£90,000
+127.8%over 3 years7 October 1999
£39,500
+163.3%over 9 months4 January 1999
£15,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in NR13 3QA: £318,000 (2023–2022).
Nearby sales in NR13 3QA
Primrose Cottage, Chapel Road, Halvergate, Norwich, NR13 3QA
Sold Dec 2023
£320,000Chapel House, Chapel Road, Halvergate, Norwich, NR13 3QA
Sold Jul 2023
£429,0001 Chapel Road, Halvergate, Norwich, NR13 3QA
Sold Jun 2023
£235,000Brick Cottage, Chapel Road, Halvergate, Norwich, NR13 3QA
Sold Apr 2022
£318,000Farend Cottage, Chapel Road, Halvergate, Norwich, NR13 3QA
Sold Feb 2022
£162,858
Everything we know about The Cottage, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other Chapel Road homes
The Cottage is notably below the street on floor area.
Price per m²
£3,968
Street avg £2,572
Floor Area
63 m²
Street avg 116 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.1 t/year
Street avg 6.9 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
4/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Closest school
2.5 km
Freethorpe Community Primary and Nursery School. 1 school nearby.
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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.1dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.7dB