Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
Oak Tree Cottage is a two-bedroom detached house in Barnby, Beccles, Beccles (NR34 7PZ). It has a recorded floor area of 75 m² (around 807 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (November 2019) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 3-band jump. Other recorded features include a balcony and a basement. Period features are noted in the property record. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
At 75 m² it sits well below the postcode median (147 m² across 17 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £219,000 is 36.9% above the 2020 sale price. Last sale on file: £160,000 in October 2020. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2020.
Oak Tree Cottage sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
Certificate validity
Valid until 26 November 2029
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1 application on record at Oak Tree Cottage, Mill Lane, Barnby, Beccles, NR34 7PZ
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The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£219,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£160,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
30 October 2020Most recent
£160,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in NR34 7PZ: £385,000 (2025–2024).
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Sold Mar 2025
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Sold Feb 2025
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Sold Dec 2024
Willow Way, Mill Lane, Barnby, Beccles, NR34 7PZ
Sold Oct 2024
Courtyard Cottage, Mill Lane, Barnby, Beccles, NR34 7PZ
Sold Feb 2024
Oak Tree Cottage is notably below the street on habitable rooms.
Price per m²
£2,133
Street avg £2,665
Floor Area
75 m²
Street avg 148 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.3 t/year
Street avg 6.2 t/year
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Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
87/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Welbeck Close — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Barnby and North Cove Community Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
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