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Get started2 Rose Cottage is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Combs, Stowmarket, Stowmarket (IP14 2EL). It has a recorded floor area of 201 m² (around 2164 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (April 2023) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in September 2014 the rating was G, the property has climbed 3 bands since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Very Poor to Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75). Main heating runs on oil.
Untraded for 18 years, with the last transfer in July 2008. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 201 m² the property is well over the postcode median (89 m² across 5 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Today's modelled estimate of £427,000 sits 59.6% above the 2008 sale of £267,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£124/sq ft) was about 48.2% below the postcode norm.
2 Rose Cottage ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.
The latest sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market — a high-water reference point.
£427,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£267,500
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
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On price per m², 2 Rose Cottage runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£1,331
Street avg £3,103
Floor Area
201 m²
Street avg 99 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 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
0.1 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.6dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
More low energy lighting installed
Upgraded to gas central heating
Fuel source changed
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Hot water system upgraded
Window efficiency improved
Low energy lighting percentage decreased
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24 July 2008Most recent
£267,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in IP14 2EL: £217,500 (2023–2016).
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Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
9.1 t/year
Street avg 8.5 t/year
IP14 2AZ
Park Road — bus stop.
Closest school
1.4 km
Trinity Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School. 6 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.6dB