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4 sales on record
About The Cottage
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
The Cottage is an end-of-terrace house in Exning, Newmarket, Newmarket (CB8 7EW). It has a recorded floor area of 75 m² (around 807 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (February 2019) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 3-band jump.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 46.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£328/sq ft) was about 70.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 3 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. Sold September 2021 for £264,750. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. At 75 m² it's 28.2% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (105 m² median across 18 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 72% of similar EPCs).
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
The Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
E
E43
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Average
Windows
Very Poor
CO2 Emissions
6.0 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against The Cottage, Oxford Street, Exning, Newmarket, CB8 7EW, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
The Cottage sits within a conservation area — exterior works face additional planning controls.
- Jul 2024Tree WorksTreesNo objections
Trees in a conservation area notification - one Cherry (T1 on plan) whole crown reduction, to reduce the height by 40 percent in order to stop overhanging neighbouring property
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
The Cottage changed hands twice within eighteen months — unusual for the area.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£283,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 46.3% per year over 2 years.
Last sold (2021)
£264,750
Growth on file: 46.3% per year over 2 years.
Sales timeline
Versus other Oxford Street homes
Four headline reads against 17 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
EPC Rating for The Cottage lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,530
Street avg £2,738
Floor Area
75 m²
Street avg 119 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
Similar properties nearby
A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.
The neighbourhood at a glance
A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Newmarket district page.
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
4/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around CB8 7EW from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.0dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 34 points of interest in total.
Beautiful places to visit nearby
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Common questions
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