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About Elm Grove Farm
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
Elm Grove Farm is a detached house in Cotton, Stowmarket, Stowmarket (IP14 4QJ). It has a recorded floor area of 207 m² (around 2228 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (May 2015) shows an F (score 34), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from May 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Untraded for 31 years, with the last transfer in January 1995. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 207 m² the property is well over the postcode median (134 m² across 5 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £615,000 sits 303.3% above the 1995 sale of £152,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£68/sq ft) was about 56.1% below the postcode norm.
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Elm Grove Farm sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 19 May 2025
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Elm Grove Farm's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (1995).
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£615,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
Last sold (1995)
£152,500
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
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The complete analysis of Elm Grove Farm, Scuffins Lane, Cotton, Stowmarket, IP14 4QJ
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Versus other Scuffins Lane homes
Four headline reads against 5 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
Price per m² for Elm Grove Farm lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£737
Street avg £2,958
Floor Area
207 m²
Street avg 128 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Similar properties nearby
A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.
The neighbourhood at a glance
A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Stowmarket district page.
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
0.2 km
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around IP14 4QJ from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.6dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 20 points of interest in total.
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