The Wubbery is a three-bedroom detached house in King's Lynn (PE32 1QR). It has a recorded floor area of 83 m² (around 893 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (August 2021) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since May 2009. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and main heating dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 6.7% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£341/sq ft) was about 96.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 83 m² it sits well below the postcode median (119 m² across 40 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2023. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sale on file: £305,000 in September 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Extension: Single storey
First Floor Extension and Alterations.
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Price for The Wubbery has grown more than fourfold since the 1997 starting point.
£305,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.7% per year over 25 years.
£305,000
Growth on file: 6.7% per year over 25 years.
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Habitable Rooms for The Wubbery lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,675
Street avg £2,456
Floor Area
83 m²
Street avg 132 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 6 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
0.4 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.4dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Fuel source changed
Hot water efficiency decreased
More low energy lighting installed
20 September 2022Most recent
£305,000
+412.6%over 25 years22 August 1997
£59,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in PE32 1QR: £377,500 (2025–2023).
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CO₂ Emissions
5.2 t/year
Street avg 6.8 t/year
PE32 1JJ
Gayton Church of England Primary Academy. 1 school nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.5dB