Chestnut Cottage, Vicarage Road, Belchamp St Paul, Sudbury, CO10 7BP

Chestnut Cottage is a detached house in Belchamp St. Paul, Sudbury, Sudbury (CO10 7BP). It has a recorded floor area of 178 m² (around 1916 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The latest certificate (September 2015) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from September 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 178 m² the property is well over the postcode median (80 m² across 9 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 planning records sit against the property, 5 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. Across 1997–2024, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.2% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£358/sq ft) was about 27.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold May 2024 for £685,000.