Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
Crossing Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Barnby, Beccles, Beccles (NR34 7QW). It has a recorded floor area of 206 m² (around 2217 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (September 2020) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on lpg. Other recorded features include a balcony, notable views, a self-contained annexe and outbuildings.
At 206 m² the property is well over the postcode median (99 m² across 8 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £617,000 is 29.9% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£214/sq ft) was about 91.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £475,000 in March 2021. 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 13 September 2030
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Because the property has no mains gas supply and has permanent outbuildings, we believe a Level 3 building survey should be considered.
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Crossing Cottage 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.
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£617,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£475,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
30 March 2021Most recent
£475,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in NR34 7QW: £236,000 (2023–2001).
Badgers Grove, Beccles Road, Barnby, Beccles, NR34 7QW
Sold Jun 2023
Salmons Leap, Beccles Road, Barnby, Beccles, NR34 7QW
Sold Feb 2023
Melrose Farm, Beccles Road, Barnby, Beccles, NR34 7QW
Sold Jul 2003
White House Farm, Beccles Road, Barnby, Beccles, NR34 7QW
Sold May 2001
Price per m²
£2,306
Street avg £1,722
Floor Area
206 m²
Street avg 142 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.3 t/year
Street avg 6.1 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
1.1 km
West Cottage — bus stop.
Closest school
1.8 km
Barnby and North Cove Community Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
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