Lea Cottage, Low Street, Hoxne, Eye, IP21 5AR

Lea Cottage is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Hoxne, Eye, Eye (IP21 5AR). It has a recorded floor area of 63 m² (around 676 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (March 2009) shows a G (score 20), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to F (score 30). Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from March 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 6.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £264,000 is 13.5% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£344/sq ft) was about 105.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 5 planning records sit against the property, 5 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. At 63 m² it sits well below the postcode median (100 m² across 15 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 87% of similar EPCs). Sold October 2020 for £232,500. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property.