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Get started3 Quay Cottages is a semi-detached house in Bawdsey, Woodbridge, Woodbridge (IP12 3AY). It has a recorded floor area of 164 m² (around 1765 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The latest certificate (January 2024) shows a D (score 56), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in May 2011 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Average, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 89), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 164 m² the property is well over the postcode median (82 m² across 3 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £541,000 sits 54.6% above the 2014 sale of £350,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£198/sq ft) was about 36.4% below the postcode norm. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last changed hands 12 years ago, in October 2014.
3 Quay Cottages's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Discharge of Condition Numbers 3 and 5 on application DC/15/4503/FUL - Addition of single storey rear extension with link and first floor rear balcony - new plan submitted showing details of bricks and cladding, windows and doors, eaves and verges, balcony balustrade, and flue
3 Quay Cottages valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£541,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£350,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
3 Quay Cottages outperforms the street on epc rating by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
56 (D)
Street avg 35 (F)
Floor Area
164 m²
Street avg 79 m²
CO₂ Emissions
7.3 t/year
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.0 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.2dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Single glazing replaced with double or better glazing
Wall insulation improved
More low energy lighting installed
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Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Addition of single storey rear extension with link and first floor rear balcony.
1 more application for this property
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17 October 2014Most recent
£350,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in IP12 3AY: £345,000 (2025–2008).
Street avg 8.1 t/year
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
IP12 3HJ
Bawdsey Ferry Landing — ferry terminal.
Closest school
2.5 km
Kingsfleet Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
Flood risk
Medium
From the Environment Agency.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.4dB
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