Boathouse Hill Cottage, Yarmouth Road, Gillingham, Beccles, NR34 0EE
About Boathouse Hill Cottage
Boathouse Hill Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Gillingham, Beccles, Beccles (NR34 0EE). It has a recorded floor area of 164 m² (around 1763 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (April 2009) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 55). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from April 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 164 m² the property is well over the postcode median (93 m² across 7 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 6 planning records sit against the property, 6 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1999–2013, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £772,000 is 34.3% above the 2013 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£326/sq ft) was about 19.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 13 years since the last transfer (October 2013).
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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
- Bedrooms4
- Dining roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
- StudyYes
- FireplaceYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- GarageDouble
Energy performance
Boathouse Hill Cottage'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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 07 Apr 2019
EPC Rating
Planning history
Boathouse Hill Cottage has been through 6 approved planning applications — a well-evolved property.
- Oct 2023FullIn report
Siting of sauna cabin (retrospective). New sewage treatment plant (retrospective).
Retrospective- Documents
- 15 docs on file
- Reference
- BA/2023/0350/HOUSEH
- Sept 2018OutbuildingFullIn report
Garage and boat shed.
- Agent
- Gordon Hogg
- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- BA/2017/0477/HOUSEH
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Sale price has at least doubled since 1999.
£772,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.1% per year over 14 years.
£575,000
Growth on file: 7.1% per year over 14 years.
Sales timeline
6 October 2013Most recent
£575,000
+21.1%over 4 years6 July 2009
£475,000
+120.9%over 10 years1 June 1999
£215,000
Median price across the last 3 sales in NR34 0EE: £495,000 (2021–1997).
Nearby sales in NR34 0EE
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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 Yarmouth Road homes
EPC Rating
50 (E)
Street avg 46 (E)
Floor Area
164 m²
Street avg 170 m²
CO₂ Emissions
9.5 t/year
Street avg 11.5 t/year
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 6 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.
Nearest stop
1.5 km
Fen Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
1.8 km
Gillingham St Michael's Church of England Primary Academy. 6 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.8dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.7dB