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Get startedOld Post Office is a three-bedroom detached house in Combs, Stowmarket, Stowmarket (IP14 2EL). It has a recorded floor area of 89 m² (around 958 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. 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. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy. The latest certificate (April 2011) shows an F (score 35), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 39). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from April 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 8.9% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £390,000 is 20% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£339/sq ft) was about 53.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: November 2020 at £325,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. At 89 m² it's 28.3% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (124 m² median across 5 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs).
Old Post Office's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 19 Apr 2021
Old Post Office has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1996.
£390,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.9% per year over 25 years.
£325,000
Growth on file: 8.9% per year over 25 years.
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On epc rating, Old Post Office runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,652
Street avg £2,639
Floor Area
89 m²
Street avg 122 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 6 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

6 November 2020Most recent
£325,000
+44.4%over 9 years28 October 2011
£225,000
-4.3%over 6 years9 September 2005
£235,000
+487.5%over 9 years3 May 1996
£40,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in IP14 2EL: £217,500 (2023–2016).
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CO₂ Emissions
10.0 t/year
Street avg 8.3 t/year
IP14 2LG
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