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Get started3 Melrose Cottage is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Pulham Market, Diss, Diss (IP21 4TG). It has a recorded floor area of 76 m² (around 818 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. Period features are noted in the property record. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position. The latest certificate (February 2020) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in November 2008 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 5.8% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £271,000 is 15.3% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£287/sq ft) was about 35.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold May 2020 for £235,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 88% of similar EPCs).
3 Melrose Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Remove and replace one first floor window on the property's front elevation.
3 Melrose Cottage has more than tripled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1997.
£271,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.8% per year over 23 years.
£235,000
Growth on file: 5.8% per year over 23 years.
EPC Rating for 3 Melrose Cottage runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,092
Street avg £3,253
Floor Area
76 m²
Street avg 96 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 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
0.3 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.4dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Hot water efficiency improved
Single glazing replaced with double or better glazing
Roof insulation improved
More low energy lighting installed
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28 May 2020Most recent
£235,000
+44.6%over 4 years13 November 2015
£162,500
+8.4%over 12 years31 July 2003
£149,950
+130.7%over 5 years19 September 1997
£65,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in IP21 4TG: £195,000 (2024–2021).
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Sold Mar 2021
Japonica Cottage Bank Street Pulham Market Diss
Sold Dec 2020
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.3 t/year
Street avg 7.3 t/year
IP21 4DS
Pulham Church of England Primary Academy. 2 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.6dB
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