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About Orchard Cottage
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
Orchard Cottage is a three-bedroom detached house in Mickfield, Stowmarket, Stowmarket (IP14 5LP). It has a recorded floor area of 111 m² (around 1195 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (September 2025) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in June 2021 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good, window efficiency went from Average to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Average; while wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot.
On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£280/sq ft) was about 20.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. At 111 m² it's 28.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (155 m² median across 7 EPCs). Most recent transfer: June 2021 at £335,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
- Dining roomYes
Outside
- Private garden
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Orchard Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Current Certificate(1 of 2)
Sept 2025
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
E
E47
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Oil
Hot Water
Average
Windows
Good
CO2 Emissions
6.8 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against Orchard Cottage, Debenham Road, Mickfield, Stowmarket, IP14 5LP, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
A recent planning application at Orchard Cottage was refused — worth checking the council file.
- Mar 2026ConditionsGranted
Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/22/04709 - Conditions 6 (Access Surface Treatment) and 7 (Surface Water Discharge Prevention)
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£365,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
Last sold (2021)
£335,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
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The complete analysis of Orchard Cottage, Debenham Road, Mickfield, Stowmarket, IP14 5LP
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Versus other Debenham Road homes
Four headline reads against 7 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
EPC Rating for Orchard Cottage lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,018
Street avg £2,747
Floor Area
111 m²
Street avg 195 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 7 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
0.1 km
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around IP14 5LP from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.1dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 20 points of interest in total.
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