Willow Cottage is a detached house in King's Lynn (PE32 1PX). It has a recorded floor area of 195 m² (around 2099 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (July 2017) shows an F (score 31), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 195 m² the property is well over the postcode median (93 m² across 3 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock.
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Willow Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Willow Cottage has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
4applications of note in the surrounding area
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Willow Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£497,000
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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On epc rating, Willow Cottage runs well behind the street norm.
EPC Rating
31 (F)
Street avg 44 (E)
Floor Area
195 m²
Street avg 89 m²
CO₂ Emissions
16.0 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
2.9 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.7dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market

Street avg 7.6 t/year
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
PE32 1XQ
Gayton Church of England Primary Academy. 1 school nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.1dB