Valentine Lodge is a detached house in King's Lynn (PE32 1QA). It has a recorded floor area of 107 m² (around 1152 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (June 2024) shows an F (score 36), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 56), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 107 m² it's 28.9% larger than the typical home in the postcode (83 m² median across 15 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused.
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Valentine Lodge sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
DISCHARGE OF CONDITIONS 3 AND 10 FROM PLANNING PERMISSION 25/01415/F - Demolition of Existing Bungalow and Construction of Two 2-storey Dwellings and Garages
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Valentine Lodge has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£321,000
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
EPC Rating for Valentine Lodge lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
36 (F)
Street avg 52 (E)
Floor Area
107 m²
Street avg 91 m²
CO₂ Emissions
8.9 t/year
Street avg 5.3 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
0.2 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.8dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Demolition of Existing Bungalow and Construction of Two 2-storey Dwellings and Garages
Median price across the last 5 sales in PE32 1QA: £275,000 (2023–2020).

Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
Gayton Church of England Primary Academy. 1 school nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.2dB