Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
Laundry Cottage, Lynn Road, Hillington, King's Lynn, PE31 6BJ
3 sales on record
Property type
Detached
Bedrooms
4
Bathrooms
2
Floor area
139 m²
1496 sq ft
Energy rating
E
Score 43
Tenure
Owner Occupied
About Laundry Cottage
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
Laundry Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in King's Lynn (PE31 6BJ). It has a recorded floor area of 139 m² (around 1496 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (January 2023) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 69), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include outbuildings. Period features are noted in the property record.
At 139 m² the property is well over the postcode median (81 m² across 17 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 1999–2023, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£317/sq ft) was about 146% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold August 2023 for £475,000.
What this property has
Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
- Dining roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
- FireplaceYes
Outside
- GarageDouble
- OutbuildingsYes
Building
- Period featuresYes
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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.
Laundry Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Current Certificate
Jan 2023EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
E
E43
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Oil
Hot Water
Average
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
9.4 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Certificate validity
Valid until 30 January 2033
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Level 3 Building Survey
Victorian-eraDetached HouseEPC EPre-1919 buildExtended multiple times (2+ extensions)No mains gasPermanent outbuildings
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Planning history
Applications and permits filed against Laundry Cottage, Lynn Road, Hillington, King's Lynn, PE31 6BJ, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
Laundry Cottage has no planning applications on record.
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But the area is active
3 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Laundry Cottage has more than tripled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1999.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£486,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.8% per year over 24 years.
Last sold (2023)
£475,000
Growth on file: 5.8% per year over 24 years.
Sales timeline
23 August 2023Most recent
£475,000
+90.0%over 17 years20 June 2006
£250,000
+106.6%over 6 years1 July 1999
£121,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in PE31 6BJ: £210,000 (2025–2019).
Nearby sales in PE31 6BJ
Buck House, Lynn Road, Hillington, King's Lynn, PE31 6BJ
Sold Aug 2025
£210,00016 Lynn Road, Hillington, King's Lynn, PE31 6BJ
Sold Dec 2023
£240,0008 Lynn Road, Hillington, King's Lynn, PE31 6BJ
Sold Oct 2021
£400,00017 Lynn Road, Hillington, King's Lynn, PE31 6BJ
Sold Jan 2019
£199,999The Old Barn, Lynn Road, Hillington, King's Lynn, PE31 6BJ
Sold Aug 2018
£730,000
Versus other Lynn Road homes
Four headline reads against 17 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
Habitable Rooms for Laundry Cottage runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,417
Street avg £1,917
Floor Area
139 m²
Street avg 109 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
9.4 t/year
Street avg 7.0 t/year
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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 King's Lynn district page.
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
50/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Closest school
1.6 km
Flitcham Church of England Primary Academy. 2 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
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around PE31 6BJ from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.5dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.5dB
55 dB
60 dB
65 dB
70 dB
75 dB
80 dB
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