Menton Cottage, Church Road, Cotton, Stowmarket, IP14 4RA

Menton Cottage is a two-bedroom detached house in Cotton, Stowmarket, Stowmarket (IP14 4RA). It has a recorded floor area of 176 m² (around 1894 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The property has underfloor heating on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (June 2014) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from June 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 176 m² the property is well over the postcode median (135 m² across 6 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an annexe and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £551,000 is 31.2% above the 2014 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£222/sq ft) was about 43.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last changed hands 12 years ago, in July 2014.