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Get startedFlint Cottage is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Cowlinge, Newmarket, Newmarket (CB8 9QQ). It has a recorded floor area of 94 m² (around 1012 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (November 2025) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in October 2009 the rating was G, the property has climbed 3 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. This certificate was lodged in the last six months, so the rating reflects current condition. Other recorded features include a balcony.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 7.7% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £421,000 is 20.3% above the 2018 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£346/sq ft) was about 75.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 94 m² it sits well below the postcode median (173 m² across 9 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2014. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Most recent transfer: August 2018 at £350,000.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
Flint Cottage has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 2007.
£421,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.7% per year over 11 years.
£350,000
Growth on file: 7.7% per year over 11 years.
Flint Cottage outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,723
Street avg £2,501
Floor Area
94 m²
Street avg 167 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 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
0.4 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.6dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Changed to a more efficient fuel source
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Hot water system upgraded
Single glazing replaced with double or better glazing
More low energy lighting installed
Heating controls changed
Hot water efficiency improved
Loft insulation installed or upgraded to 250mm+
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Wall insulation improved
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Extension: Two storey
Planning Application - (i) Construction of two storey rear entensions to Flint Cottage and Starlings Cottage and (ii) single storey side extension to Flint Cottage (following demolition of existing single storey side extension) as amended by plans received 20th October 2014
10 August 2018Most recent
£350,000
+16.7%over 2 years24 June 2016
£300,000
+100.0%over 9 years26 March 2007
£150,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB8 9QQ: £446,500 (2024–2016).
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Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.7 t/year
Street avg 8.1 t/year
CB8 9ED
Three Tuns — bus stop.
Flood risk
Medium
From the Environment Agency.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.4dB
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