Broadway Cottage, Broad Road, Cotton, Stowmarket, IP14 4ND

Broadway Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Cotton, Stowmarket, Stowmarket (IP14 4ND). It has a recorded floor area of 132 m² (around 1421 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (August 2017) shows a G (score 15), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it F (June 2010); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and main heating dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 70), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The property has underfloor heating on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal.

At 132 m² it's 21.1% larger than the typical home in the postcode (109 m² median across 9 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £439,000 sits 68.8% above the 2012 sale of £260,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£183/sq ft) was about 24.1% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2023. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. 14 years since the last transfer (February 2012).