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Get startedApril Cottage is a three-bedroom detached house in Marlesford, Woodbridge, Woodbridge (IP13 0AL). It has a recorded floor area of 108 m² (around 1163 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (November 2023) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in March 2012 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Average, lighting went from Good to Very Good and main heating went from Very Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 66). Main heating runs on oil.
Untraded for 27 years, with the last transfer in October 1999. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 8.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £440,000 sits 170.8% above the 1999 sale of £162,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£140/sq ft) was about 29.8% below the postcode norm. At 108 m² the property is well over the postcode median (56 m² across 12 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock.
April Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
April Cottage's estimated value is more than triple its earliest registered sale price (1995).
£440,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.3% per year over 4 years.
£162,500
Growth on file: 8.3% per year over 4 years.
Price per m² for April Cottage lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,505
Street avg £2,875
Floor Area
108 m²
Street avg 75 m²
Habitable Rooms
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
46.9dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
More low energy lighting installed
Fuel source changed
Hot water efficiency improved
Roof insulation improved
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22 October 1999Most recent
£162,500
+38.3%over 4 years6 October 1995
£117,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in IP13 0AL: £225,000 (2016–2005).
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.3 t/year
Street avg 5.3 t/year
IP13 0RE
Village Sign — bus stop.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.5dB
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