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About Old Post Office
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
Old Post Office is a detached house in Carleton Rode, Norwich, Norwich (NR16 1AD). It has a recorded floor area of 172 m² (around 1851 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (April 2019) shows an F (score 38), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 172 m² the property is well over the postcode median (119 m² across 11 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. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £448,000 is 17.9% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£205/sq ft) was about 19.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £380,000 in February 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Old Post Office sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
E
F
F38
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Oil
Hot Water
Poor
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
12.0 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against Old Post Office, Flaxlands, Carleton Rode, Norwich, NR16 1AD, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
A recent planning application at Old Post Office was refused — worth checking the council file.
- Feb 2026ExtensionFullApproval with Conditions
Extension: Rear of property
Single & two storey rear extensions, removal of the existing modern rear extensions & internal alterations
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£448,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
Last sold (2021)
£380,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
Versus other Flaxlands homes
Four headline reads against 11 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
Old Post Office is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£2,209
Street avg £2,745
Floor Area
172 m²
Street avg 132 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 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
1.0 km
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around NR16 1AD from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.8dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 2 points of interest in total.
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