23 Blakestone Drive, Norwich, NR7 0LF

23 Blakestone Drive is a four-bedroom detached house in Norwich (NR7 0LF). It has a recorded floor area of 138 m² (around 1485 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (September 2020) shows a C (score 76), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in June 2011 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Very Good, window efficiency went from Average to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 85). The property has solar panels on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.

At 138 m² the property is well over the postcode median (104 m² across 24 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 75% of similar EPCs). One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2018. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2015–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 11.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £484,000 is 10% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£296/sq ft) was about 55.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £440,000 in March 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.