Forge Cottage, Fox Hill, Hollesley, Woodbridge, IP12 3RD

Forge Cottage is a two-bedroom detached house in Hollesley, Woodbridge, Woodbridge (IP12 3RD). It has a recorded floor area of 172 m² (around 1856 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (February 2009) shows an F (score 27), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from February 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe.

It hasn't traded since November 2007, a hold of 19 years that's notably long for the area. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 15.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £433,000 sits 57.5% above the 2007 sale of £275,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£148/sq ft) was about 79.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 172 m² the property is well over the postcode median (113 m² across 3 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2008.