Sunset Cottage, Main Road, Clippesby, Great Yarmouth, NR29 3BQ
About Sunset Cottage
Sunset Cottage is a detached house in Clippesby, Great Yarmouth, Great Yarmouth (NR29 3BQ). It has a recorded floor area of 58 m² (around 624 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (October 2016) shows an F (score 26), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 58 m² it sits well below the postcode median (125 m² across 11 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2017–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 15.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £249,000 is 15.8% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£344/sq ft) was about 80.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: December 2021 at £215,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Energy performance
Sunset Cottage sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
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Because the property was built before 1919, has been extended more than once, and has no mains gas supply, we believe a Level 3 building survey should be considered.
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Planning history
Sunset Cottage has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
6 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£249,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 15.2% per year over 5 years.
£215,000
Growth on file: 15.2% per year over 5 years.
Sales timeline
1 December 2021Most recent
£215,000
+90.3%over 4 years14 May 2017
£113,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in NR29 3BQ: £285,000 (2024–2020).
Nearby sales in NR29 3BQ
Teasel Cottage, Main Road, Clippesby, Great Yarmouth, NR29 3BQ
Sold Sept 2024
£385,000South House Farm, Main Road, Clippesby, Great Yarmouth, NR29 3BQ
Sold Jun 2021
£760,0002 Church Farm Cottages, Main Road, Clippesby, Great Yarmouth, NR29 3BQ
Sold Sept 2020
£240,000Oak Cottage, Main Road, Clippesby, Great Yarmouth, NR29 3BQ
Sold Sept 2020
£285,000Willowgate Cottage, Main Road, Clippesby, Great Yarmouth, NR29 3BQ
Sold May 2015
£235,000
Versus other Main Road homes
EPC Rating for Sunset Cottage lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,707
Street avg £2,630
Floor Area
58 m²
Street avg 160 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.2 t/year
Street avg 8.4 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
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Closest school
1.9 km
Fleggburgh CofE Primary School. 1 school 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
49.4dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.4dB







