Fern Cottage is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in King's Lynn (PE32 1SF). It has a recorded floor area of 61 m² (around 654 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (December 2008) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from December 2008, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include outbuildings. Period features are noted in the property record. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
Held since December 2009 — that's 16 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 3.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £162,000 sits 55.8% above the 2009 sale of £104,000. At 61 m² it sits well below the postcode median (115 m² across 14 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count.
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Fern Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 10 Dec 2018
Fern Cottage has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
4applications of note in the surrounding area
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Fern Cottage saw 3 transfers in just over a decade — high turnover for the postcode.
£162,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.3% per year over 4 years.
£104,000
Growth on file: 3.3% per year over 4 years.
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What we flagged
On floor area, Fern Cottage runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£1,712
Street avg £1,753
Floor Area
61 m²
Street avg 129 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 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
0.9 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.5dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
23 December 2009Most recent
£104,000
-12.6%over 3 years21 June 2006
£119,000
+32.2%over 12 months24 June 2005
£90,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in PE32 1SF: £240,000 (2023–2021).
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CO₂ Emissions
6.2 t/year
Street avg 8.2 t/year
PE32 1JL
Middleton Church of England Primary Academy. 1 school nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.3dB