Low Road Farm, Mendlesham Road, Brockford, Stowmarket, IP14 5NU

Low Road Farm is a four-bedroom detached house in Brockford, Stowmarket, Stowmarket (IP14 5NU). It has a recorded floor area of 52 m² (around 560 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2012 onwards and council tax band F. The latest certificate (March 2023) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. Earlier certificates rated it B (September 2020); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, window efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 72). Main heating runs on electricity. Other recorded features include outbuildings and attached land beyond the plot. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

It hasn't traded since June 2005, a hold of 21 years that's notably long for the area. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 14% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £883,000 sits 97.3% above the 2005 sale of £447,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£800/sq ft) was about 468.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 52 m² it sits well below the postcode median (181 m² across 4 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 75% of similar EPCs). One historical planning record sits against the property in 2019.