Clayton Cottage, Earls Green, Bacton, Stowmarket, IP14 4SB

Clayton Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Bacton, Stowmarket, Stowmarket (IP14 4SB). It has a recorded floor area of 148 m² (around 1593 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (May 2012) shows an F (score 37), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from May 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include outbuildings and attached land beyond the plot. Period features are noted in the property record. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

At 148 m² the property is well over the postcode median (84 m² across 11 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 £657,000 sits 62.2% above the 2012 sale of £405,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£254/sq ft) was about 16.8% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. 14 years since the last transfer (October 2012).