8 Council Houses, Woodbastwick Road, Blofield, Norwich, NR13 4RR
About 8 Council Houses
8 Council Houses is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Blofield, Norwich, Norwich (NR13 4RR). It has a recorded floor area of 69 m² (around 743 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (October 2015) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 89), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from October 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 69 m² it sits well below the postcode median (119 m² across 19 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Across 2016–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 10.9% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£364/sq ft) was about 119.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £270,000 in November 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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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
- Bedrooms3
Outside
- Private gardenYes
Building
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 14 Oct 2025
EPC Rating
Planning history
8 Council Houses has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
1applications of note in the surrounding area
We flagged 1 thing worth checking at 8 Council Houses
Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
8 Council Houses saw 3 transfers in just over a decade — high turnover for the postcode.
£282,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 10.9% per year over 5 years.
£270,000
Growth on file: 10.9% per year over 5 years.
Sales timeline
23 November 2021Most recent
£270,000
+42.1%over 4 years24 March 2017
£190,000
+18.0%30 November 2016
£161,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in NR13 4RR: £390,000 (2025–2021).
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£305,0002 Suttons Cottages, Woodbastwick Road, Blofield, Norwich, NR13 4RR
Sold Oct 2023
£405,0001 Suttons Cottages, Woodbastwick Road, Blofield, Norwich, NR13 4RR
Sold Oct 2022
£390,0009 Council Houses, Woodbastwick Road, Blofield, Norwich, NR13 4RR
Sold Jul 2021
£330,000
Everything we know about 8 Council Houses, 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 Woodbastwick Road homes
8 Council Houses outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,913
Street avg £2,530
Floor Area
69 m²
Street avg 113 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.9 t/year
Street avg 4.5 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
0.4 km
Hemblington Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.9dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.7dB