18 Willow Lane, Norwich, NR2 1EU
About 18 Willow Lane
18 Willow Lane is a five-bedroom detached house in Norwich (NR2 1EU). It has a recorded floor area of 197 m² (around 2117 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (May 2009) shows an F (score 30), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 39). The latest certificate is from May 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Held since December 2009 — that's 16 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. At 197 m² the property is well over the postcode median (71 m² across 12 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. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Across 1997–2009, sale prices on this property compounded at 10.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £656,000 is 29.3% above the 2009 sale price.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms5
Energy performance
18 Willow Lane sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 07 May 2019
EPC Rating
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Planning history
18 Willow Lane has no planning applications on record.
A planning report still maps activity across the surrounding area and reads this property's extension & conversion potential.
Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 18 Willow Lane was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£656,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 10.3% per year over 12 years.
£507,500
Growth on file: 10.3% per year over 12 years.
Sales timeline
21 December 2009Most recent
£507,500
+238.3%over 12 years1 July 1997
£149,995
Median price across the last 5 sales in NR2 1EU: £162,500 (2024–2020).
Versus other Willow Lane homes
EPC Rating for 18 Willow Lane lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
30 (F)
Street avg 62 (D)
Floor Area
197 m²
Street avg 105 m²
CO₂ Emissions
18.0 t/year
Street avg 5.1 t/year
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Reported crime in the wider district is trending notably upward year-on-year.
Crime
5/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
1.3 km
Norwich Rail Station — railway station.
Closest school
0.2 km
Sir Isaac Newton Sixth Form Free School. 36 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
54.0dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
43.3dB







