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About Dove Cottage
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
Dove Cottage is a detached house in Brockford, Stowmarket, Stowmarket (IP14 5PE). It has a recorded floor area of 139 m² (around 1496 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (September 2019) shows an F (score 29), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 62), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
It hasn't traded since July 2001, a hold of 25 years that's notably long for the area. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 6.9% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £447,000 sits 175.9% above the 2001 sale of £162,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£108/sq ft) was about 26.2% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2005. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 139 m² it's 25.2% larger than the typical home in the postcode (111 m² median across 4 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs).
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Dove Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
E
F
F29
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Oil
Hot Water
Average
Windows
Good
CO2 Emissions
12.0 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against Dove Cottage, The Street, Brockford, Stowmarket, IP14 5PE, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
Dove Cottage has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
- Dec 2005ExtensionFullGranted
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single storey extension at rear of property
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Dove Cottage's estimated value is more than triple its earliest registered sale price (1997).
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£447,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.9% per year over 4 years.
Last sold (2001)
£162,000
Growth on file: 6.9% per year over 4 years.
Sales timeline
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The complete analysis of Dove Cottage, The Street, Brockford, Stowmarket, IP14 5PE
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Versus other The Street homes
Four headline reads against 4 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
Price per m² for Dove Cottage lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,165
Street avg £2,809
Floor Area
139 m²
Street avg 106 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 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
0.4 km
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around IP14 5PE from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.7dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 16 points of interest in total.
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