Church Farm, Waterheath Road, Aldeby, Beccles, NR34 0DQ
About Church Farm
Church Farm is a five-bedroom detached house in Aldeby, Beccles, Beccles (NR34 0DQ). It has a recorded floor area of 253 m² (around 2723 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (August 2013) shows an F (score 37), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 46). Main heating runs on lpg. The latest certificate is from August 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include outbuildings and attached land beyond the plot. Period features are noted in the property record.
It hasn't traded since June 2001, a hold of 25 years that's notably long for the area. At 253 m² the property is well over the postcode median (160 m² across 3 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £629,000 sits 167.7% above the 2001 sale of £235,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£86/sq ft) was about 63% below the postcode norm. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms5
- Dining roomYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- OutbuildingsYes
- LandYes
Building
- Period featuresYes
Energy performance
Church Farm's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 15 Aug 2023
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Aug 2018ConditionsIn report
Discharge of Conditions 7 - foul water disposal system and 8 - foul water and sewage disposal of permission 2018/0943/F
- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- 2018/1664
- Jun 2018ExtensionFullIn report
conversion/extension to out building to form a holiday studio
- Agent
- Keif Design Associates
- Documents
- 20 docs on file
- Reference
- 2018/0943
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Sales history & valuation
Church Farm valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£629,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£235,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
21 June 2001Most recent
£235,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in NR34 0DQ: £300,000 (2016–1997).
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What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other Waterheath Road homes
EPC Rating for Church Farm lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
37 (F)
Street avg 52 (E)
Floor Area
253 m²
Street avg 140 m²
CO₂ Emissions
12.0 t/year
Street avg 7.5 t/year
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
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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
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Closest school
1.8 km
Glebeland Community Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.5dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.0dB