The Cottage is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in King's Lynn (PE32 2AE). It has a recorded floor area of 87 m² (around 936 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (November 2017) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78). Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include a loft. Period features are noted in the property record.
Held since September 2004 — that's 22 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 14.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £306,000 sits 70% above the 2004 sale of £179,995. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£192/sq ft) was about 26.5% below the postcode norm. At 87 m² it's 28.1% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (121 m² median across 9 EPCs).
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The Cottage has no planning applications on record.
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The Cottage has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 1999.
£306,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 14.6% per year over 5 years.
£179,995
Growth on file: 14.6% per year over 5 years.
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
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On habitable rooms, The Cottage stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£2,069
Street avg £2,954
Floor Area
87 m²
Street avg 127 m²
Habitable Rooms
10 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
0.3 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.8dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What will this home really cost to run?
The EPC's recommended upgrades and their estimated cost, in the full report
6 September 2004Most recent
£179,995
+103.4%over 5 years25 June 1999
£88,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in PE32 2AE: £388,000 (2024–2020).
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Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.4 t/year
Street avg 5.6 t/year
PE32 2DP
Castle Acre Church of England Primary Academy. 1 school nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.0dB