Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
139 California Road is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in California, Great Yarmouth, Great Yarmouth (NR29 3QW). It has a recorded floor area of 55 m² (around 592 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (July 2022) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 90), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 55 m² it sits well below the postcode median (88 m² across 21 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 81% of similar EPCs). Across 2007–2023, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.7% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£321/sq ft) was about 110.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold January 2023 for £190,000.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Certificate validity
Valid until 31 July 2032
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139 California Road 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.
139 California Road valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£200,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 2.7% per year over 16 years.
£190,000
Growth on file: 2.7% per year over 16 years.
6 January 2023Most recent
£190,000
+52.1%over 15 years28 May 2007
£124,950
Median price across the last 5 sales in NR29 3QW: £275,000 (2025–2021).
118 California Road, California, Great Yarmouth, NR29 3QW
Sold Sept 2025
106 California Road, California, Great Yarmouth, NR29 3QW
Sold Feb 2022
122 California Road, California, Great Yarmouth, NR29 3QW
Sold May 2021
Metfield, California Road, California, Great Yarmouth, NR29 3QW
Sold Jan 2021
114 California Road, California, Great Yarmouth, NR29 3QW
Sold Dec 2020
On price per m², 139 California Road stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£3,455
Street avg £1,886
Floor Area
55 m²
Street avg 111 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.7 t/year
Street avg 4.6 t/year
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Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
66/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Closest school
2.0 km
Caister Academy. 5 schools nearby.
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