Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
1 Grays Cottages, Southwold Road, Brampton, Beccles, NR34 8DR
3 sales on record
Property type
Semi-detached
Bedrooms
3
Bathroom
1
Floor area
82 m²
883 sq ft
Energy rating
E
Score 40
Council tax
Band B
Tenure
Owner Occupied
About 1 Grays Cottages
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
1 Grays Cottages is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Brampton, Beccles, Beccles (NR34 8DR). It has a recorded floor area of 82 m² (around 883 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (June 2020) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. Other recorded features include a conservatory. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.
At 82 m² it's 25.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (110 m² median across 3 EPCs). Across 1996–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 11.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £269,000 is 20.9% above the 2021 sale price. Last sale on file: £222,500 in May 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
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Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
- Dining roomYes
- ConservatoryYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- DrivewayYes
- Cul-de-sacYes
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Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
1 Grays Cottages's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Current Certificate
Jun 2020EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
E
E40
F
G
Main Heating
Electric
Main Fuel
Electric
Hot Water
Very Poor
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
9.0 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Certificate validity
Valid until 18 June 2030
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Planning history
Applications and permits filed against 1 Grays Cottages, Southwold Road, Brampton, Beccles, NR34 8DR, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
1 Grays Cottages has no planning applications on record.
A planning report still maps activity across the surrounding area and reads this property's extension & conversion potential.
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Price for 1 Grays Cottages has grown more than fourfold since the 1996 starting point.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£269,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 11.3% per year over 24 years.
Last sold (2021)
£222,500
Growth on file: 11.3% per year over 24 years.
Sales timeline
6 May 2021Most recent
£222,500
+41.3%over 16 years14 October 2004
£157,500
+860.4%over 7 years20 December 1996
£16,400
Median price across the last 5 sales in NR34 8DR: £305,000 (2024–2007).
Versus other Southwold Road homes
Four headline reads against 3 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
EPC Rating for 1 Grays Cottages lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
40 (E)
Street avg 64 (D)
Floor Area
82 m²
Street avg 107 m²
CO₂ Emissions
9.0 t/year
Street avg 4.5 t/year
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
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The neighbourhood at a glance
A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Beccles district page.
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
0.0 km
Shelter — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Brampton Church of England Primary School. 1 school nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around NR34 8DR from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.2dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.6dB
55 dB
60 dB
65 dB
70 dB
75 dB
80 dB
Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4Common questions
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