8 Achilles Drive, Norwich, NR5 0TU
About 8 Achilles Drive
8 Achilles Drive is a property in Norwich (NR5 0TU). It has a recorded floor area of 111 m² (around 1195 sq ft) and council tax band C. The latest certificate (June 2016) returns a high B (score 85), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. The recommended improvements would push it to A (score 94). The latest certificate is from June 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 111 m² the property is well over the postcode median (62 m² across 34 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2016–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.9% per year. Sold December 2022 for £300,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Energy performance
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 29 Jun 2026
EPC Rating
Certificate validity
Expired on 29 June 2026
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Planning history
8 Achilles Drive 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
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£317,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 2.9% per year over 6 years.
£300,000
Growth on file: 2.9% per year over 6 years.
Sales timeline
2 December 2022Most recent
£300,000
+20.0%over 6 years21 July 2016
£249,995
Median price across the last 5 sales in NR5 0TU: £280,000 (2024–2019).
Versus other Achilles Drive homes
8 Achilles Drive outperforms the street on epc rating by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,703
Street avg £2,927
Floor Area
111 m²
Street avg 74 m²
CO₂ Emissions
1.6 t/year
Street avg 1.2 t/year
Years Held
4 years
Street avg 6 years
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Crime
229/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Closest school
1.4 km
Ormiston Victory Academy. 9 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
56.2dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
46.7dB







