Old School House, The Street, Ashen, Sudbury, CO10 8JN

Old School House is a detached house in Ashen, Sudbury, Sudbury (CO10 8JN). It has a recorded floor area of 235 m² (around 2530 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (December 2016) shows an F (score 27), near the bottom of the EPC scale. When first surveyed in March 2011 the rating was G, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and main heating dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 235 m² the property is well over the postcode median (114 m² across 20 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £774,000 sits 80% above the 2011 sale of £430,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£170/sq ft) was about 28% below the postcode norm. Last changed hands 15 years ago, in August 2011. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused.