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Get started15 Orchard Close is a semi-detached house in Forncett St. Peter, Norwich, Norwich (NR16 1HS). It has a recorded floor area of 79 m² (around 850 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (January 2023) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 3 certificates since July 2012. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average, roof efficiency went from Average to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average and main heating dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
Today's modelled estimate of £245,000 sits 71.3% above the 2012 sale of £143,000. At 79 m² it's 21% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (100 m² median across 18 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 78% of similar EPCs). On the market in December 2012 and unlisted since — roughly 13 years.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
£245,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£143,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
15 Orchard Close outperforms the street on years held by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,810
Street avg £2,292
Floor Area
79 m²
Street avg 106 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 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
1.3 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.1dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Hot water efficiency improved
Low energy lighting percentage decreased
Heating system changed
Changed to a more efficient fuel source
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Cavity wall insulation installed
Loft insulation upgraded to recommended levels
More low energy lighting installed
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3 December 2012Most recent
£143,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in NR16 1HS: £270,000 (2023–2018).
3 Orchard Close Forncett St Peter Norwich
Sold Aug 2023
10 Orchard Close Forncett St Peter Norwich
Sold Dec 2022
2b Orchard Close Forncett St Peter Norwich
Sold Jun 2021
5a Orchard Close Forncett St Peter Norwich
Sold Jul 2019
2a Orchard Close Forncett St Peter Norwich
Sold Feb 2018
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.3 t/year
Street avg 6.1 t/year
NR16 1QZ
Tacolneston Church of England Primary Academy. 3 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.4dB
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