3 Red Brick Cottage, Old Bury Road, Palgrave, Diss, IP22 1AZ

3 Red Brick Cottage is a four-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Palgrave, Diss, Diss (IP22 1AZ). It has a recorded floor area of 164 m² (around 1765 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (August 2025) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (November 2008); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and lighting dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.

At 164 m² the property is well over the postcode median (94 m² across 5 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 4 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Across 1996–2015, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £454,000 sits 86.1% above the 2015 sale of £244,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£138/sq ft) was about 31.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. 11 years since the last transfer (October 2015).