78 Overstrand Road, Cromer, NR27 0AJ
About 78 Overstrand Road
78 Overstrand Road is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Cromer (NR27 0AJ). It has a recorded floor area of 217 m² (around 2336 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (July 2012) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 73). The latest certificate is from July 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 217 m² the property is well over the postcode median (79 m² across 22 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. 5 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2014–2020, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £630,000 is 17.8% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£229/sq ft) was about 68% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold August 2020 for £535,000.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms5
Energy performance
78 Overstrand Road'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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 09 Jul 2022
EPC Rating
Planning history
Planning history at 78 Overstrand Road is exclusively tree-management applications — typical for a property with mature trees on or near the plot.
- Jul 2024Tree WorksTreesIn report
T10 Corsican Pine - Reduce crown width to approx 5m from trunk on South facing side and remove lower heavy branch on south facing side to take some weight away from direction of lean and T14 Cherry - lower crown height to approx 8m.
- Agent
- TreeMatters
- Documents
- 3 docs on file
- Reference
- TW/24/1258
- Jun 2021Tree WorksTreesIn report
Walnut T11 to remove lowest south facing substantial branch to lessen weight on direction of lean of tree and Holme Oak T12 to remove end section of lowest south facing branch down to secondary crown growth, to lessen weight on direction of lean of tree.
- Agent
- TreeMatters
- Documents
- 3 docs on file
- Reference
- TW/21/1570
We flagged 1 thing worth checking at 78 Overstrand Road
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
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£630,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.2% per year over 6 years.
£535,000
Growth on file: 7.2% per year over 6 years.
Sales timeline
26 August 2020Most recent
£535,000
+52.9%over 6 years20 July 2014
£350,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in NR27 0AJ: £200,000 (2023–2019).
Nearby sales in NR27 0AJ
10 Overstrand Road, Cromer, NR27 0AJ
Sold Nov 2023
£670,000Bracondale Court, Flat 10, Overstrand Road, Cromer, NR27 0AJ
Sold Apr 2022
£165,000Bracondale Court, Flat 9, Overstrand Road, Cromer, NR27 0AJ
Sold Sept 2021
£200,00038 Overstrand Road, Cromer, NR27 0AJ
Sold Oct 2019
£485,000Bracondale Court, Flat 1, Overstrand Road, Cromer, NR27 0AJ
Sold Jan 2019
£95,840
Everything we know about 78 Overstrand Road, 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 Overstrand Road homes
On floor area, 78 Overstrand Road stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£2,465
Street avg £2,468
Floor Area
217 m²
Street avg 153 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
10.0 t/year
Street avg 7.9 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.9 km
Cromer Rail Station — railway station.
Closest school
0.6 km
Cromer Academy. 4 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
48.2dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.3dB