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Get startedPost Office Cottages South is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Combs, Stowmarket, Stowmarket (IP14 2EL). It has a recorded floor area of 67 m² (around 721 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (November 2022) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in September 2012 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Period features are noted in the property record.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 5.1% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£302/sq ft) was about 32.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 67 m² it sits well below the postcode median (124 m² across 5 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Most recent transfer: April 2023 at £217,500. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2023. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
Sale price has at least doubled since 2001.
£221,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.1% per year over 21 years.
£217,500
Growth on file: 5.1% per year over 21 years.
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Years Held for Post Office Cottages South lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,246
Street avg £2,720
Floor Area
67 m²
Street avg 126 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 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
Roof insulation improved
More low energy lighting installed
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Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Householder Application - Erection of single storey rear extension (following demolition of outbuilding)
6 April 2023Most recent
£217,500
+24.3%over 6 years2 December 2016
£175,000
+23.2%over 3 years1 October 2013
£142,000
-27.2%over 9 years3 September 2004
£195,000
+163.5%over 2 years15 October 2001
£74,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in IP14 2EL: £325,000 (2020–2012).
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Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.1 t/year
Street avg 9.3 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