Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
Melrose Farm is a detached house in Barnby, Beccles, Beccles (NR34 7QW). It has a recorded floor area of 215 m² (around 2314 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (November 2018) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 91), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
It hasn't traded since July 2003, a hold of 23 years that's notably long for the area. At 215 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 £579,000 sits 426.4% above the 2003 sale of £110,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£48/sq ft) was about 71.6% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused.
Melrose Farm's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Certificate validity
Valid until 19 November 2028
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Melrose Farm's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (2003).
£579,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£110,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
29 July 2003Most recent
£110,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in NR34 7QW: £250,000 (2023–2001).
Badgers Grove, Beccles Road, Barnby, Beccles, NR34 7QW
Sold Jun 2023
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Sold Feb 2023
Crossing Cottage, Beccles Road, Barnby, Beccles, NR34 7QW
Sold Mar 2021
White House Farm, Beccles Road, Barnby, Beccles, NR34 7QW
Sold May 2001
On price per m², Melrose Farm runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£512
Street avg £2,320
Floor Area
215 m²
Street avg 140 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.2 t/year
Street avg 5.8 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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