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Get startedThe Old Cottage is a two-bedroom detached house in Winston, Stowmarket, Stowmarket (IP14 6BQ). It has a recorded floor area of 101 m² (around 1087 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (June 2024) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in May 2013 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 69), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 5.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£423/sq ft) was about 100.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 101 m² it's 27.9% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (140 m² median across 6 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 83% of similar EPCs). 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Most recent transfer: July 2023 at £460,000.
The Old Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/23/05648 - Conditions 5 (Bound Material) and 6 (Surface Water Discharge Prevention)
Latest sale on The Old Cottage was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£421,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.5% per year over 16 years.
£460,000
Growth on file: 5.5% per year over 16 years.
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The Old Cottage outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,554
Street avg £1,964
Floor Area
101 m²
Street avg 136 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
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

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.1dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Single glazing replaced with double or better glazing
Wall insulation improved
Windows upgraded, improving insulation
More low energy lighting installed
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Householder Application - Construction of a vehicular access
18 July 2023Most recent
£460,000
+39.4%over 7 years2 November 2015
£330,000
+69.2%over 8 years30 May 2007
£195,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in IP14 6BQ: £270,000 (2022–2004).
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Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.4 t/year
Street avg 6.6 t/year
IP14 6QF
Icknield House — bus stop.
Closest school
1.8 km
Debenham High School. 2 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.5dB