Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
2 Forge Grove is a mid-terrace house in Gillingham, Beccles, Beccles (NR34 0AE). It has a recorded floor area of 69 m² (around 743 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (January 2021) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 73% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £209,000 is 19.4% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£236/sq ft) was about 75% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold June 2021 for £175,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Certificate validity
Valid until 25 January 2031
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2 Forge Grove has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.
3 applications on record at 2 Forge Grove, Gillingham, Beccles, NR34 0AE
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The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£209,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£175,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
10 June 2021Most recent
£175,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in NR34 0AE: £135,500 (2026–2004).
7 Forge Grove, Gillingham, Beccles, NR34 0AE
Sold Jan 2026
1 Forge Grove, Gillingham, Beccles, NR34 0AE
Sold Jan 2023
8 Forge Grove, Gillingham, Beccles, NR34 0AE
Sold Oct 2007
6 Forge Grove, Gillingham, Beccles, NR34 0AE
Sold Nov 2002
5 Forge Grove, Gillingham, Beccles, NR34 0AE
Sold Mar 1997
On epc rating, 2 Forge Grove runs well behind the street norm.
EPC Rating
52 (E)
Street avg 60 (D)
Floor Area
69 m²
Street avg 74 m²
CO₂ Emissions
4.8 t/year
Street avg 4.3 t/year
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
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Crime
87/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
1.3 km
Fen Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Gillingham St Michael's Church of England Primary Academy. 6 schools nearby.
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