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Get startedBrook Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Pulham St. Mary, Diss, Diss (IP21 4QS). It has a recorded floor area of 162 m² (around 1744 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band E. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (June 2022) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in January 2017 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Good to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 87), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include outbuildings. Period features are noted in the property record.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 4% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£344/sq ft) was about 132% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 162 m² it's 25.6% larger than the typical home in the postcode (129 m² median across 6 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 83% of similar EPCs). Last sale on file: £600,000 in December 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Brook 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.
£639,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.0% per year over 5 years.
£600,000
Growth on file: 4.0% per year over 5 years.
Price per m² for Brook Cottage runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,704
Street avg £2,331
Floor Area
162 m²
Street avg 149 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Closest school
1.7 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.4dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Hot water efficiency improved
Roof insulation improved
More low energy lighting installed
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7 December 2022Most recent
£600,000
+23.7%over 5 years27 June 2017
£485,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in IP21 4QS: £350,000 (2021–2014).
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Sold Oct 2014
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.0 t/year
Street avg 9.7 t/year
IP21 4RR
Pulham Church of England Primary Academy. 1 school nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.0dB
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