Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
The Old Post Office is a detached house in St. Olaves, Great Yarmouth, Great Yarmouth (NR31 9AD). It has a recorded floor area of 176 m² (around 1894 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (November 2020) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in January 2010 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good and lighting went from Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
Untraded for 22 years, with the last transfer in March 2004. At 176 m² the property is well over the postcode median (78 m² across 5 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2001–2004, sale prices on this property compounded at 13.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £394,000 sits 104.1% above the 2004 sale of £193,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£102/sq ft) was about 39.6% below the postcode norm. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2001.
The Old Post Office's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Certificate validity
Valid until 25 November 2030
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls changed
More low energy lighting installed
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Loft insulation upgraded to recommended levels
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The Old Post Office valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£394,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 13.6% per year over 3 years.
£193,000
Growth on file: 13.6% per year over 3 years.
16 March 2004Most recent
£193,000
+44.6%over 2 years25 April 2001
£133,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in NR31 9AD: £182,000 (2023–2018).
1 Station Cottages, Beccles Road, St Olaves, Great Yarmouth, NR31 9AD
Sold Aug 2023
5 Station Cottages, Beccles Road, St Olaves, Great Yarmouth, NR31 9AD
Sold Sept 2021
3 Station Cottages, Beccles Road, St Olaves, Great Yarmouth, NR31 9AD
Sold Aug 2021
6 Station Cottages, Beccles Road, St Olaves, Great Yarmouth, NR31 9AD
Sold May 2008
4 Station Cottages, Beccles Road, St Olaves, Great Yarmouth, NR31 9AD
Sold Mar 1998
The Old Post Office outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,097
Street avg £1,945
Floor Area
176 m²
Street avg 81 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
11.0 t/year
Street avg 4.6 t/year
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Crime
363/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
1.0 km
Haddiscoe Rail Station — railway station.
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