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Get startedMill Cottage is a three-bedroom detached house in Framsden, Stowmarket, Stowmarket (IP14 6LR). It has a recorded floor area of 117 m² (around 1259 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (July 2020) shows an F (score 27), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (July 2011); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and main heating dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 65), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on lpg.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 2.9% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £468,000 is 10.8% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£335/sq ft) was about 113.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 117 m² it sits well below the postcode median (256 m² across 5 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs). Last sale on file: £422,500 in January 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Mill Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£468,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 2.9% per year over 7 years.
£422,500
Growth on file: 2.9% per year over 7 years.
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On price per m², Mill Cottage stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£3,611
Street avg £2,128
Floor Area
117 m²
Street avg 224 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 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
0.7 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.8dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Changed to a more efficient fuel source
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Hot water efficiency decreased
Windows upgraded, improving insulation
More low energy lighting installed
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12 January 2021Most recent
£422,500
+20.7%over 6 years5 June 2014
£350,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in IP14 6LR: £257,000 (2020–2002).
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Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.9 t/year
Street avg 11.0 t/year
IP14 6FG
Peats Corner — bus stop.
Closest school
2.3 km
Helmingham Primary School and Nursery. 1 school nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.8dB