Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
8 Wiggs Acre is a four-bedroom detached house in Barnby, Beccles, Beccles (NR34 7QU). It has a recorded floor area of 142 m² (around 1528 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band E. The property has underfloor heating on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. The latest certificate (June 2016) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it C (May 2012); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, lighting dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 63). The latest certificate is from June 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1995–2016, sale prices on this property compounded at 8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £443,000 is 47.7% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£196/sq ft) was about 29.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 10 years since the last transfer (August 2016).
8 Wiggs Acre sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 21 Jun 2026
Certificate validity
Expired on 21 June 2026
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls changed
Floor insulation added or improved
Low energy lighting percentage decreased
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8 Wiggs Acre has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
1 notable application nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Price for 8 Wiggs Acre has grown more than fourfold since the 1995 starting point.
£443,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.0% per year over 21 years.
£300,000
Growth on file: 8.0% per year over 21 years.
23 August 2016Most recent
£300,000
+1.7%over 9 years7 September 2006
£295,000
+391.7%over 10 years25 October 1995
£60,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in NR34 7QU: £444,000 (2026–2021).
4 Wiggs Acre, Barnby, Beccles, NR34 7QU
Sold Feb 2026
6 Wiggs Acre, Barnby, Beccles, NR34 7QU
Sold Oct 2022
1 Wiggs Acre, Barnby, Beccles, NR34 7QU
Sold Aug 2021
7 Wiggs Acre, Barnby, Beccles, NR34 7QU
Sold Jun 2021
3 Wiggs Acre, Barnby, Beccles, NR34 7QU
Sold Oct 2005
8 Wiggs Acre is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£2,113
Street avg £2,697
Floor Area
142 m²
Street avg 158 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.4 t/year
Street avg 4.3 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
0.1 km
Barnby and North Cove Community Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
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Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
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