Ash Tree Cottage, Brettenham Road, Buxhall, Stowmarket, IP14 3DX

Ash Tree Cottage is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Buxhall, Stowmarket, Stowmarket (IP14 3DX). It has a recorded floor area of 148 m² (around 1593 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The property has underfloor heating on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Other recorded features include a balcony and notable views. The latest certificate (June 2025) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78). Main heating runs on oil.

It hasn't traded since March 2003, a hold of 23 years that's notably long for the area. Today's modelled estimate of £456,000 sits 133.8% above the 2003 sale of £195,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£122/sq ft) was about 42.3% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2016. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 83% of similar EPCs).