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Get startedNorth Cottage is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Alderton, Woodbridge, Woodbridge (IP12 3BL). It has a recorded floor area of 52 m² (around 560 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (November 2020) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in December 2008 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Average, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Very Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 87), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 6.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £200,000 is 20.5% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£297/sq ft) was about 42.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 52 m² it sits well below the postcode median (104 m² across 25 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Most recent transfer: April 2021 at £166,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Price for North Cottage has grown more than fourfold since the 1997 starting point.
£200,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.4% per year over 23 years.
£166,000
Growth on file: 6.4% per year over 23 years.
On floor area, North Cottage runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,192
Street avg £3,326
Floor Area
52 m²
Street avg 122 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
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
0.2 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.7dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Hot water efficiency improved
Windows upgraded, improving insulation
More low energy lighting installed
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26 April 2021Most recent
£166,000
+7.1%over 6 years10 April 2015
£155,000
+43.5%over 2 years2 April 2013
£108,000
+177.3%over 15 years17 December 1997
£38,950
Median price across the last 5 sales in IP12 3BL: £535,000 (2024–2022).
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CO₂ Emissions
5.3 t/year
Street avg 6.8 t/year
IP12 3TS
Swan — bus stop.
Closest school
1.7 km
Bawdsey Church of England Primary School. 1 school nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.2dB
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