Lane End Cottage is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in King's Lynn (PE32 2AX). It has a recorded floor area of 167 m² (around 1798 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (January 2025) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 8.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £531,000 is 37.9% above the 2014 sale price. At 167 m² the property is well over the postcode median (124 m² across 8 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Last changed hands 12 years ago, in May 2014. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2017.
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Lane End Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
TREES IN CONSERVATION AREA: Alder - fell as dead; not to be replaced. Mountain Ash - Fell and replace with like-sized decorative tree. Current tree sickly and dying.
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Price for Lane End Cottage has grown more than fourfold since the 1996 starting point.
£531,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.4% per year over 18 years.
£385,000
Growth on file: 8.4% per year over 18 years.
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On years held, Lane End Cottage stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£2,305
Street avg £2,507
Floor Area
167 m²
Street avg 119 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 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
46.7dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
21 May 2014Most recent
£385,000
-2.5%over 6 years29 June 2007
£395,000
+49.1%over 2 years18 April 2005
£265,000
+65.1%over 4 years11 April 2001
£160,500
+71.7%over 4 years4 October 1996
£93,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in PE32 2AX: £265,000 (2024–2018).
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Sold Sept 2016

Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
8.0 t/year
Street avg 7.4 t/year
PE32 2RE
Castle Acre Church of England Primary Academy. 1 school nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.6dB