Shoestring, Yarmouth Road, Hemsby, Great Yarmouth, NR29 4NJ
About Shoestring
Shoestring is a three-bedroom detached house in Hemsby, Great Yarmouth, Great Yarmouth (NR29 4NJ). It has a recorded floor area of 93 m² (around 1001 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band D. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (November 2021) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 93 m² the property is well over the postcode median (68 m² across 41 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£300/sq ft) was about 261.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold December 2022 for £300,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
Outside
- Private gardenRear
- GarageYes
Building
- TenureFreehold
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
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Because the property has no mains gas supply, we believe a Level 3 building survey should be considered.
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Planning history
Shoestring has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
2 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.
£319,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£300,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
20 December 2022Most recent
£300,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in NR29 4NJ: £227,500 (2024–2019).
Nearby sales in NR29 4NJ
Brickweave, Yarmouth Road, Hemsby, Great Yarmouth, NR29 4NJ
Sold Feb 2024
£220,000The Laurels, Yarmouth Road, Hemsby, Great Yarmouth, NR29 4NJ
Sold Dec 2022
£420,000Midway, Yarmouth Road, Hemsby, Great Yarmouth, NR29 4NJ
Sold Mar 2020
£227,500La Marina, Yarmouth Road, Hemsby, Great Yarmouth, NR29 4NJ
Sold Nov 2019
£275,000Linden Chapel, Yarmouth Road, Hemsby, Great Yarmouth, NR29 4NJ
Sold Aug 2019
£140,000
Versus other Yarmouth Road homes
On years held, Shoestring runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,226
Street avg £1,542
Floor Area
93 m²
Street avg 93 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.7 t/year
Street avg 4.2 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
0.4 km
Hemsby Primary School. 4 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
47.3dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.2dB







