Old Church Cottage, Church Road, Wilby, Eye, IP21 5LE

Old Church Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Wilby, Eye, Eye (IP21 5LE). It has a recorded floor area of 188 m² (around 2020 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. The latest certificate (September 2011) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 55). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from September 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 188 m² the property is well over the postcode median (118 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 73% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £535,000 sits 64.6% above the 2015 sale of £325,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£161/sq ft) was about 28% below the postcode norm. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On the market in December 2015 and unlisted since — roughly 10 years.