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Get started2 Cat Bells Cottage is a semi-detached house in Gazeley, Newmarket, Newmarket (CB8 8RA). It has a recorded floor area of 144 m² (around 1550 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (March 2015) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since March 2013. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and main heating dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 93), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from March 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Today's modelled estimate of £384,000 is 45.1% below the 2017 sale of £700,000, an unusual pattern given regional price growth and worth checking against the EPC condition. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£452/sq ft) was about 74.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 144 m² the property is well over the postcode median (99 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Last changed hands 9 years ago, in October 2017.
2 Cat Bells Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 02 Mar 2025
2 Cat Bells Cottage valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£384,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£700,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
2 Cat Bells Cottage is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£4,861
Street avg £3,447
Floor Area
144 m²
Street avg 152 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
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
0.3 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.5dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
More low energy lighting installed
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25 October 2017Most recent
£700,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB8 8RA: £345,000 (2023–2017).
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
9.1 t/year
Street avg 8.6 t/year
Bovills Farm — bus stop.
Closest school
2.3 km
Moulton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School. 1 school nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.9dB
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