Flax Cottage, Yoxall Road, Newborough, Burton On Trent, DE13 8SU
About Flax Cottage
Flax Cottage is a detached house in Newborough, Burton-On-Trent, Burton On Trent (DE13 8SU). It has a recorded floor area of 107 m² (around 1152 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (March 2022) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
At 107 m² it sits well below the postcode median (155 m² across 21 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Across 2022–2024, sale prices on this property compounded at -4.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £480,000 is 21.2% above the 2024 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£344/sq ft) was about 44.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £396,000 in January 2024.
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Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
Flax Cottage has no planning applications on record.
A planning report still maps activity across the surrounding area and reads this property's extension & conversion potential.
Sales history & valuation
Flax Cottage valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£480,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of -4.3% per year over 2 years.
£396,000
Growth on file: -4.3% per year over 2 years.
Sales timeline
19 January 2024Most recent
£396,000
-6.8%over 1 year16 June 2022
£425,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in DE13 8SU: £250,000 (2025–2018).
Nearby sales in DE13 8SU
4 Yoxall Road, Newborough, Burton On Trent, DE13 8SU
Sold Oct 2025
£443,000The Maples, Yoxall Road, Newborough, Burton On Trent, DE13 8SU
Sold Mar 2022
£875,000Meadow View, Yoxall Road, Newborough, Burton On Trent, DE13 8SU
Sold Nov 2020
£160,000Foxleigh Meadow, Yoxall Road, Newborough, Burton On Trent, DE13 8SU
Sold Oct 2019
£250,000Silbury, Yoxall Road, Newborough, Burton On Trent, DE13 8SU
Sold Jun 2018
£480,000
Versus other Yoxall Road homes
EPC Rating for Flax Cottage lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,701
Street avg £2,869
Floor Area
107 m²
Street avg 188 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.7 t/year
Street avg 7.0 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.3 km
Hollybush Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Needwood CofE Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.0dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.1dB