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Get startedPost Office Cottages North is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Combs, Stowmarket, Stowmarket (IP14 2EL). It has a recorded floor area of 72 m² (around 776 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (September 2009) shows an F (score 36), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 46). Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from September 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include outbuildings. Period features are noted in the property record. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 5.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £243,000 is 21.5% above the 2019 sale price. At 72 m² it sits well below the postcode median (124 m² across 5 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs). Sold March 2019 for £200,000.
Post Office Cottages North'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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 21 Sept 2019
Sale price has at least doubled since 2001.
£243,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.5% per year over 17 years.
£200,000
Growth on file: 5.5% per year over 17 years.
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EPC Rating for Post Office Cottages North lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,775
Street avg £2,814
Floor Area
72 m²
Street avg 125 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 7 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

26 March 2019Most recent
£200,000
+53.8%over 9 years23 December 2009
£130,000
+64.6%over 8 years17 December 2001
£79,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in IP14 2EL: £325,000 (2023–2016).
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CO₂ Emissions
6.1 t/year
Street avg 9.1 t/year
IP14 2RE
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