23 Bladewater Road, Norwich, NR5 9HY
About 23 Bladewater Road
23 Bladewater Road is a four-bedroom detached house in Norwich (NR5 9HY). It has a recorded floor area of 116 m² (around 1249 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (November 2015) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from November 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 116 m² the property is well over the postcode median (83 m² across 26 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2003–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £332,000 is 16.5% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£228/sq ft) was about 27.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold March 2021 for £285,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms1
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- GarageYes
Energy performance
23 Bladewater Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 02 Nov 2025
EPC Rating
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Planning history
23 Bladewater 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
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£332,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 2.6% per year over 18 years.
£285,000
Growth on file: 2.6% per year over 18 years.
Sales timeline
28 March 2021Most recent
£285,000
+58.4%over 18 years4 February 2003
£179,950
Median price across the last 5 sales in NR5 9HY: £209,000 (2024–2020).
Nearby sales in NR5 9HY
Versus other Bladewater Road homes
23 Bladewater Road is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£2,457
Street avg £2,422
Floor Area
116 m²
Street avg 91 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.5 t/year
Street avg 3.0 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
1.2 km
St Michael's VA Junior School. 16 schools 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

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.5dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.1dB







