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Get startedThe Old Post Office is a three-bedroom detached house in Ashfield, Stowmarket, Stowmarket (IP14 6LX). It has a recorded floor area of 123 m² (around 1324 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (March 2018) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in July 2012 the rating was G, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average and main heating went from Very Poor to Average; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 7.7% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £545,000 is 13.5% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£363/sq ft) was about 53.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: June 2021 at £480,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
The Old Post Office's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
The Old Post Office saw 3 transfers in just over a decade — high turnover for the postcode.
£545,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.7% per year over 8 years.
£480,000
Growth on file: 7.7% per year over 8 years.
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The Old Post Office is notably below the street on habitable rooms.
Price per m²
£3,902
Street avg £3,321
Floor Area
123 m²
Street avg 108 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 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
0.2 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.7dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Upgraded to gas central heating
Fuel source changed
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Hot water efficiency improved
Single glazing replaced with double or better glazing
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7 June 2021Most recent
£480,000
+12.9%over 2 years12 October 2018
£425,000
+60.4%over 5 years21 June 2013
£265,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in IP14 6LX: £455,000 (2025–2022).
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CO₂ Emissions
6.9 t/year
Street avg 6.3 t/year
IP14 6FG
Church — bus stop.
Closest school
2.4 km
Earl Soham Community Primary School. 1 school nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.3dB