What type of property is Bank House Cottage, The Street, IP22 1BU?

Bank House Cottage, The Street, IP22 1BU is a 5-bedroom end-of-terrace house.

What was the last sold price for Bank House Cottage, The Street, IP22 1BU?

Bank House Cottage, The Street, IP22 1BU last sold for £365,000 in January 2017, around 9 years ago. Land Registry has 3 sales on record going back to £79,000 in March 1997. Source: HM Land Registry.

How has the value of Bank House Cottage, The Street, IP22 1BU changed over time?

Across 3 sales between March 1997 and January 2017, Bank House Cottage, The Street, IP22 1BU rose from £79,000 to £365,000, a change of £286,000. That works out to roughly +8% per year compounded over 20 years. Source: HM Land Registry.

What energy rating does Bank House Cottage, The Street, IP22 1BU have?

The current EPC rating for Bank House Cottage, The Street, IP22 1BU is G with a score of 19 out of 100, lodged in October 2015. The assessor estimates the property could reach a D. Source: EPC Register.

What is the floor area of Bank House Cottage, The Street, IP22 1BU?

Bank House Cottage, The Street, IP22 1BU has a recorded floor area of 249 m² (2,680 sq ft), around 50 m² per bedroom. That makes it about 90% larger than the median EPC-recorded property in IP22 1BU. Source: EPC Register.

How is Bank House Cottage, The Street, IP22 1BU heated?

The latest EPC at Bank House Cottage, The Street, IP22 1BU records oil as the main heating fuel. Source: EPC Register.

Has Bank House Cottage, The Street, IP22 1BU had any planning applications?

The only planning records linked to Bank House Cottage, The Street, IP22 1BU are routine tree-works filings, not building works. Source: PlanIt planning register.

What council tax band is Bank House Cottage, The Street, IP22 1BU?

Bank House Cottage, The Street, IP22 1BU is in council tax band D.

Where is Bank House Cottage, The Street, IP22 1BU located?

Bank House Cottage, The Street, IP22 1BU sits in Botesdale, Diss, Diss. It falls within the IP22 postcode district in Suffolk.

Is Bank House Cottage, The Street, IP22 1BU in a safe area?

Police records around Bank House Cottage, The Street, IP22 1BU show an average of 2 reported crimes per month over the last 5 months. Violent crime makes up roughly 50% of reports, the most common category. The overall trend is broadly stable. Source: Police UK.

Which schools serve Bank House Cottage, The Street, IP22 1BU?

The closest primary school to Bank House Cottage, The Street, IP22 1BU is St Botolph's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School (303m).

How well connected is Bank House Cottage, The Street, IP22 1BU?

The closest bus stop to Bank House Cottage, The Street, IP22 1BU is Simonds Court, 148m away. In total there are 13 bus stops within the surrounding area.

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Bank House Cottage, The Street, Botesdale, Diss, IP22 1BU

3 sales on record1 planning record

Property type

End terrace

Bedrooms

Bathrooms

Floor area

249 m²

2680 sq ft

Energy rating

Score 19

Council tax

Band D

Tenure

Owner Occupied

Overview

About Bank House Cottage

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

Bank House Cottage is a five-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Botesdale, Diss, Diss (IP22 1BU). It has a recorded floor area of 249 m² (around 2680 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (October 2015) shows a G (score 19), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 67), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from October 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record.

At 249 m² the property is well over the postcode median (141 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2019. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. Across 1997–2017, sale prices on this property compounded at 8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £455,000 is 24.7% above the 2017 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£136/sq ft) was about 22.6% below the postcode norm. Last sold in January 2017, so it's been off the market for around 9 years.

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Specifications

What this property has

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Inside

Bedrooms5
Bathrooms2
Dining roomYes
EnsuiteYes

Outside

Private gardenRear

Building

Period featuresYes

Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

Bank House Cottage sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.

EPC Expired

This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 04 Oct 2025

EPC Rating

G19

Main Heating

Gas

Main Fuel

Oil

Hot Water

Very Poor

Windows

Very Poor

CO2 Emissions

24.0 t/year

Occupancy

Owner Occupied

Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against Bank House Cottage, The Street, Botesdale, Diss, IP22 1BU, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

Bank House Cottage sits within a conservation area — exterior works face additional planning controls.

Oct 2019
Tree WorksTrees
In report
Notification of Works to Trees in a Conservation Area - Fell and replant 1no. Hazel.
Conservation Area
Documents
3 docs on file
Reference
DC/19/04572
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Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

Bank House Cottage has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1997.

Current estimate

£455,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.0% per year over 20 years.

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Last sold (2017)

£365,000

Growth on file: 8.0% per year over 20 years.

Sales timeline

11 January 2017Most recent
£365,000
+108.6%over 15 years
12 August 2001
£175,000
+121.5%over 4 years
4 March 1997
£79,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in IP22 1BU: £408,000 (2025–2019).

Nearby sales in IP22 1BU

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On the street

Versus other The Street homes

Four headline reads against 4 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

On epc rating, Bank House Cottage runs well behind the street norm.

Price per m²

£1,466

Street avg £2,376

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Floor Area

249 m²

Street avg 185 m²

Above

Habitable Rooms

8 rooms

Street avg 7 rooms

Above

CO₂ Emissions

24.0 t/year

Street avg 8.5 t/year

Strongly below

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Area

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Full Diss report

Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.

Crime

2/mo

Steady year-on-year across the wider district.

Nearest stop

0.1 km

Simonds Court — bus stop.

Closest school

0.3 km

St Botolph's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School. 1 school nearby.

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Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around IP22 1BU from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

46.7dB

Low

Night-time road noise heatmap for IP22 1BU

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

38.1dB

Low

55 dB

60 dB

65 dB

70 dB

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80 dB

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