16 Bracken Way is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in King's Lynn (PE32 1XA). It has a recorded floor area of 55 m² (around 592 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band A. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (February 2024) shows a D (score 56), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in January 2010 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 87), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
Held since June 2010 — that's 16 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 44.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £217,000 sits 50.2% above the 2010 sale of £144,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£244/sq ft) was about 51.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 55 m² it's 23.7% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (72 m² median across 15 EPCs).
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Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
16 Bracken Way has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
4applications of note in the surrounding area
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16 Bracken Way changed hands twice within eighteen months — unusual for the area.
£217,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 44.5% per year over 1 year.
£144,500
Growth on file: 44.5% per year over 1 year.
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16 Bracken Way outperforms the street on years held by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,627
Street avg £2,675
Floor Area
55 m²
Street avg 73 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 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
1.2 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.3dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Hot water system upgraded
Loft insulation upgraded to recommended levels
More low energy lighting installed
Heating controls changed
Hot water efficiency decreased
30-day money-back guarantee
25 June 2010Most recent
£144,500
+44.5%23 February 2010
£100,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in PE32 1XA: £235,000 (2024–2021).

Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.9 t/year
Street avg 4.8 t/year
PE32 1JL
Holly Meadows School. 1 school nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.4dB