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Get started5 Cedar Close is a semi-detached house in Bacton, Stowmarket, Stowmarket (IP14 4NS). It has a recorded floor area of 57 m² (around 614 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (January 2023) shows an F (score 32), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it D (May 2017); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and roof efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 68), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on bottled lpg.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 3.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£383/sq ft) was about 137.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 57 m² it's 28% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (79 m² median across 14 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Most recent transfer: September 2023 at £235,000.
5 Cedar Close sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
5 Cedar Close valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£243,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.4% per year over 18 years.
£235,000
Growth on file: 3.4% per year over 18 years.
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5 Cedar Close outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,123
Street avg £2,431
Floor Area
57 m²
Street avg 80 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
0.3 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.3dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Changed to a more efficient fuel source
Hot water efficiency decreased
More low energy lighting installed
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29 September 2023Most recent
£235,000
+38.2%over 4 years5 April 2019
£170,000
+33.3%over 13 years27 June 2005
£127,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in IP14 4NS: £227,500 (2023–2018).
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Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
2.8 t/year
Street avg 5.2 t/year
Cotton Methodist Church — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Bacton Primary School. 1 school nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.6dB