26 Oval Road, Norwich, NR5 0DF
About 26 Oval Road
26 Oval Road is a semi-detached house in Norwich (NR5 0DF). It has a recorded floor area of 32 m² (around 344 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (June 2014) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 67). The latest certificate is from June 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Untraded for 27 years, with the last transfer in March 1999. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £206,000 sits 379.1% above the 1999 sale of £43,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£125/sq ft) was about 29.7% below the postcode norm. At 32 m² it sits well below the postcode median (69 m² across 18 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 89% of similar EPCs).
Energy performance
26 Oval Road's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 06 Jun 2024
EPC Rating
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Planning history
26 Oval Road 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
26 Oval Road's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (1999).
£206,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£43,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
31 March 1999Most recent
£43,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in NR5 0DF: £225,000 (2023–2018).
Versus other Oval Road homes
On floor area, 26 Oval Road runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£1,344
Street avg £2,290
Floor Area
32 m²
Street avg 73 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.0 t/year
Street avg 3.4 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
8/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Closest school
0.4 km
Valley Primary Academy. 22 schools nearby.
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A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.4dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.8dB







