Rose Cottage is a semi-detached house in King's Lynn (PE32 1PG). It has a recorded floor area of 64 m² (around 689 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (March 2025) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in September 2013 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 87), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 64 m² it sits well below the postcode median (97 m² across 3 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally.
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Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Rose Cottage has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
4applications of note in the surrounding area
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Rose Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£221,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
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What we flagged
Floor Area for Rose Cottage lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
46 (E)
Street avg 42 (E)
Floor Area
64 m²
Street avg 98 m²
CO₂ Emissions
5.3 t/year
Street avg 9.7 t/year
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
0.3 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.3dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Loft insulation upgraded to recommended levels
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Hot water system changed
More low energy lighting installed
Median price across the last 4 sales in PE32 1PG: £197,500 (2020–2001).

Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
PE32 1JL
Gayton Church of England Primary Academy. 1 school nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.6dB