26 Harbord Road, Overstrand, Cromer, NR27 0PN
About 26 Harbord Road
26 Harbord Road is a five-bedroom detached house in Overstrand, Cromer, Cromer (NR27 0PN). It has a recorded floor area of 140 m² (around 1507 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (July 2012) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from July 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.
At 140 m² the property is well over the postcode median (104 m² across 19 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. Most recent transfer: January 2022 at £895,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. 4 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1997–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.7% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£594/sq ft) was about 236.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
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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
- Bathrooms3
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- GarageDouble
Building
- Period featuresYes
- Previously extendedYes
- 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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 02 Jul 2022
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Jun 2024Tree WorksTreesIn report
T1, T2, T3 Horse Chestnuts, all 15m Tall 15m wide. Raise lower canopy over the public highway to 4.5m, reduce 3x large lateral limbs by 3m to reduce the load on the stress cracks. T4 Horn Beam, Reduce 1x lateral limb growing over the car park area by 3m. Currently very much weighted one way. T5, T6 2x Beech trees, both large mature trees, 15m w, 17m t. Reduce in width only on the neighbouring property (The Rectory) reduce extended lateral limbs by 3.5m, tidy old pruining wounds. T7 Yew, current height 9m, reduce height, proposed height 6.5m removing 2.5m. T8. Fir, current height 9m, reduce height, proposed height 6.5m removing 2.5m. T9, T10, 2x Sycamores. Both very badly pollarded in the past, pollard back to previous pollard points at 6m. T11, T12, 2x Sycamore. Both very badly pollarded in the past. Poor condition at pollard points. Fell to ground level.
- Agent
- Zak Branch ltd
- Documents
- 3 docs on file
- Reference
- TW/24/1096
- Aug 2022Tree WorksTreesIn report
Our arborist (Arborcare Ltd) has confirmed the two trees marked MT & ST on attached plan are dead. He advised for safety reasons the trees need to be removed as they are on the edge of our property that adjoins Harbord Road.
- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- TW/22/1580
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 26 Harbord Road was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£936,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.7% per year over 24 years.
£895,000
Growth on file: 7.7% per year over 24 years.
Sales timeline
14 January 2022Most recent
£895,000
+171.2%over 9 years15 October 2012
£330,000
+88.6%over 13 years16 August 1999
£175,000
+16.7%over 1 year20 November 1997
£150,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in NR27 0PN: £200,000 (2025–2022).
Nearby sales in NR27 0PN
Harbord House, Flat 4, Harbord Road, Overstrand, Cromer, NR27 0PN
Sold Mar 2025
£200,000Harbord House, Flat 7, Harbord Road, Overstrand, Cromer, NR27 0PN
Sold Nov 2022
£190,000Harbord House, Flat 3, Harbord Road, Overstrand, Cromer, NR27 0PN
Sold Sept 2022
£150,0002b, Harbord Road, Overstrand, Cromer, NR27 0PN
Sold May 2022
£605,0004 Harbord Road, Overstrand, Cromer, NR27 0PN
Sold Mar 2022
£377,000
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- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other Harbord Road homes
26 Harbord Road outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£6,393
Street avg £2,427
Floor Area
140 m²
Street avg 165 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 8 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.6 t/year
Street avg 7.6 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
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
2.8 km
Roughton Road Rail Station — railway station.
Closest school
0.5 km
Overstrand, the Belfry, Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School. 5 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.0dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.4dB