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Get started3 Birds Garden Cottage is a semi-detached house in Stonham Aspal, Stowmarket, Stowmarket (IP14 6AS). It has a recorded floor area of 114 m² (around 1227 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (July 2025) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in April 2011 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and main heating went from Poor to Average; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and window efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 95), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 114 m² the property is well over the postcode median (63 m² across 5 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
3 Birds Garden Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£304,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
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EPC Rating for 3 Birds Garden Cottage lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
59 (D)
Street avg 65 (D)
Floor Area
114 m²
Street avg 120 m²
CO₂ Emissions
5.3 t/year
Street avg 5.6 t/year
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
0.5 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.9dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Replaced storage heaters with gas boiler
Fuel source changed
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Hot water system upgraded
Window efficiency improved
More low energy lighting installed
Heating system changed
Changed to a more efficient fuel source
Hot water system changed
Cavity wall insulation installed
Loft insulation upgraded to recommended levels
More low energy lighting installed
Replaced storage heaters with gas boiler
Fuel source changed
Hot water system upgraded
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Median price across the last 5 sales in IP14 6AS: £670,000 (2021–2013).
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Sold Dec 2021
4 Birds Garden Cottage East End Road Stonham Aspal Stowmarket
Sold May 2021
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Sold Sept 2020
Brockwell Lodge East End Road Stonham Aspal Stowmarket
Sold May 1999
Manor Barn East End Road Stonham Aspal Stowmarket
Sold Feb 1999
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Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
IP14 6SJ
Stonham Barns — bus stop.
Closest school
1.5 km
Stonham Aspal Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School. 1 school nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.3dB