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Get started2 Brook Farm Cottage is a semi-detached house in Newmarket (CB8 8XJ). It has a recorded floor area of 93 m² (around 1001 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (September 2019) shows an F (score 28), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at F across 2 certificates since June 2019. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Poor to Good and window efficiency went from Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 60), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
At 93 m² it's 23.1% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (121 m² median across 5 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs). One historical planning record sits against the property in 2015.
2 Brook Farm Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Trees in a Conservation Area Notification - Horse Chestnut - Fell
2 Brook Farm Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£289,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
CO₂ Emissions for 2 Brook Farm Cottage lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
28 (F)
Street avg 51 (E)
Floor Area
93 m²
Street avg 131 m²
CO₂ Emissions
14.0 t/year
Street avg 6.5 t/year
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

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.5dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Window efficiency improved
Loft insulation upgraded to recommended levels
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Median price across the last 5 sales in CB8 8XJ: £305,000 (2021–2006).
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
Plumbers Arms — bus stop.
Closest school
1.6 km
Wickhambrook Primary Academy. 1 school nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.1dB