20 Calvert Street, Norwich, NR3 1BY
About 20 Calvert Street
20 Calvert Street is a mid-terrace house in Norwich (NR3 1BY). It has a recorded floor area of 201 m² (around 2160 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (December 2009) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in October 2008 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 56). The latest certificate is from December 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Across 2004–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £413,000 is 35.5% below the 2021 sale of £640,000, a rare downward gap that often correlates with deferred maintenance or unfinished works. At 201 m² the property is well over the postcode median (61 m² across 15 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sale on file: £640,000 in May 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Energy performance
20 Calvert Street sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 17 Dec 2019
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls changed
Hot water system upgraded
Single glazing replaced with double or better glazing
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Level 3 Building Survey
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Planning history
20 Calvert Street has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.
2 applications on record at 20 Calvert Street, Norwich, NR3 1BY
- Jan 2017ExtensionHeritageOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single storey rear extension. (revised)
- Documents
- 11 docs on file
- Reference
- 16/01537/L
- More recent applications — locked
- ExtensionJan 2017Decision
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 20 Calvert Street was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£413,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.3% per year over 17 years.
£640,000
Growth on file: 5.3% per year over 17 years.
Sales timeline
20 May 2021Most recent
£640,000
+113.3%over 14 years20 September 2006
£300,000
+12.4%over 2 years29 July 2004
£267,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in NR3 1BY: £260,000 (2023–2019).
Nearby sales in NR3 1BY
Versus other Calvert Street homes
On epc rating, 20 Calvert Street runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,189
Street avg £2,976
Floor Area
201 m²
Street avg 70 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
12.0 t/year
Street avg 3.0 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Reported crime in the wider district is trending notably upward year-on-year.
Crime
7/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
1.1 km
Norwich Rail Station — railway station.
Closest school
0.2 km
Jane Austen College. 39 schools nearby.
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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
54.8dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
44.1dB







