18 Birch Road is a three-bedroom detached house in King's Lynn (PE32 1UN). It has a recorded floor area of 80 m² (around 856 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (November 2010) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 56). Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from November 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory.
Held since June 2011 — that's 15 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Sale prices here have lagged England HPI: -2.9% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £264,000 sits 55.3% above the 2011 sale of £170,000. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2012. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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18 Birch Road's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 08 Nov 2020
18 Birch Road has an approved single-storey extension on the planning record.
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18 Birch Road valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£264,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of -2.9% per year over 3 years.
£170,000
Growth on file: -2.9% per year over 3 years.
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On habitable rooms, 18 Birch Road runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,138
Street avg £2,300
Floor Area
80 m²
Street avg 90 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 5 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
0.5 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.0dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Extension: Single storey
Single storey extension to dwelling
3 June 2011Most recent
£170,000
-9.3%over 3 years21 February 2008
£187,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in PE32 1UN: £280,000 (2024–2016).

CO₂ Emissions
5.8 t/year
Street avg 5.3 t/year
PE32 1JJ
Gayton Church of England Primary Academy. 1 school nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.1dB