Gaines Cottage, Bunters Road, Wickhambrook, Newmarket, CB8 8XY

Gaines Cottage is a three-bedroom detached house in Wickhambrook, Newmarket, Newmarket (CB8 8XY). It has a recorded floor area of 116 m² (around 1249 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. Other recorded features include notable views. Period features are noted in the property record. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy. The latest certificate (June 2021) shows an F (score 36), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at F across 2 certificates since June 2009. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 64), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 6.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£411/sq ft) was about 156.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 4 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, partial demolition and tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. At 116 m² it's 27.5% larger than the typical home in the postcode (91 m² median across 10 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs). Most recent transfer: September 2021 at £513,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.