Folgate House is a four-bedroom detached house in King's Lynn (PE32 1JL). It has a recorded floor area of 245 m² (around 2637 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (May 2025) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since July 2014. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while main heating dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78). Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include a conservatory and attached land beyond the plot.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 9.7% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £734,000 is 41.2% above the 2014 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£197/sq ft) was about 34.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 245 m² the property is well over the postcode median (51 m² across 23 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2013. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. 12 years since the last transfer (November 2014).
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Folgate House's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
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Latest sale on Folgate House was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£734,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 9.7% per year over 13 years.
£520,000
Growth on file: 9.7% per year over 13 years.
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Folgate House outperforms the street on habitable rooms by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,122
Street avg £2,136
Floor Area
245 m²
Street avg 84 m²
Habitable Rooms
10 rooms
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Closest school
1.9 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.1dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Wall insulation improved
More low energy lighting installed
NON-MATERIAL AMENDMENT TO PLANNING CONSENT 12/00184/NMA_1: Demolition, new rear extensions and various alteration internally and externally
17 November 2014Most recent
£520,000
+246.7%over 13 years1 June 2001
£150,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in PE32 1JL: £175,000 (2025–2022).
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Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
10.0 t/year
Street avg 5.3 t/year
PE32 1YD
Narborough Church of England Primary Academy. 1 school nearby.
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