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5 sales on record
About Holly Cottage
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
Holly Cottage is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Fressingfield, Eye, Eye (IP21 5QD). It has a recorded floor area of 78 m² (around 840 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (June 2020) shows an F (score 37), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 5.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £224,000 is 30.2% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£205/sq ft) was about 16.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 78 m² it sits well below the postcode median (112 m² across 16 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Most recent transfer: October 2020 at £172,000. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property.
What this property has
Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.
Inside
- Bedrooms2
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Holly Cottage sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
E
F
F37
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Oil
Hot Water
Average
Windows
Poor
CO2 Emissions
7.0 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Holly Cottage has more than tripled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1996.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£224,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.2% per year over 24 years.
Last sold (2020)
£172,000
Growth on file: 5.2% per year over 24 years.
Sales timeline
Versus other Cratfield Road homes
Four headline reads against 16 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
Holly Cottage is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£2,205
Street avg £2,489
Floor Area
78 m²
Street avg 126 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
Similar properties nearby
A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.
The neighbourhood at a glance
A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Eye district page.
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.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Fox and Goose — bus stop.
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around IP21 5QD from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.7dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 10 points of interest in total.
Beautiful places to visit nearby
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Common questions
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