Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
1 Holly Farm Cottage is a semi-detached house in Catfield, Great Yarmouth, Great Yarmouth (NR29 5DF). It has a recorded floor area of 66 m² (around 710 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (December 2024) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in October 2008 the rating was G, the property has climbed 3 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, roof efficiency went from Average to Good and window efficiency went from Average to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 94), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
At 66 m² it sits well below the postcode median (111 m² across 13 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Certificate validity
Valid until 16 December 2034
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
More low energy lighting installed
Hot water system upgraded
High performance glazing installed
Wall insulation improved
Roof insulation improved
More low energy lighting installed
Get a survey for this property
Because the property was built before 1919, has no mains gas supply, and has solid (non-cavity) walls, we believe a Level 3 building survey should be considered.
From £885 · Includes VAT
1 Holly Farm Cottage has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
3 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
1 Holly Farm Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£233,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in NR29 5DF: £601,400 (2024–2018).
Latchets, Wood Street, Catfield, Great Yarmouth, NR29 5DF
Sold May 2024
Old Hastings, Wood Street, Catfield, Great Yarmouth, NR29 5DF
Sold Oct 2023
Byfield, Wood Street, Catfield, Great Yarmouth, NR29 5DF
Sold Oct 2020
Longmoor, Wood Street, Catfield, Great Yarmouth, NR29 5DF
Sold Mar 2020
Plumsgate House, Wood Street, Catfield, Great Yarmouth, NR29 5DF
Sold Sept 2018
Floor Area for 1 Holly Farm Cottage lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
68 (D)
Street avg 54 (E)
Floor Area
66 m²
Street avg 146 m²
CO₂ Emissions
4.9 t/year
Street avg 6.9 t/year
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
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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
1.2 km
Catfield CofE Primary Academy. 3 schools nearby.
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