Roebuck Cottage, Rose Lane, Botesdale, Diss, IP22 1DJ
About Roebuck Cottage
Roebuck Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Botesdale, Diss, Diss (IP22 1DJ). It has a recorded floor area of 129 m² (around 1389 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (September 2011) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from September 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 129 m² the property is well over the postcode median (69 m² across 9 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2001–2019, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £490,000 is 17.4% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£301/sq ft) was about 35.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £417,500 in April 2019.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
Energy performance
Roebuck Cottage's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 04 Sept 2021
EPC Rating
Planning history
Roebuck Cottage has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
6applications of note in the surrounding area
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on Roebuck Cottage was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£490,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.8% per year over 17 years.
£417,500
Growth on file: 4.8% per year over 17 years.
Sales timeline
4 April 2019Most recent
£417,500
+41.5%over 7 years1 December 2011
£295,000
+59.5%over 10 years30 November 2001
£185,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in IP22 1DJ: £262,000 (2023–2020).
Nearby sales in IP22 1DJ
18 Rose Lane, Botesdale, Diss, IP22 1DJ
Sold Nov 2023
£340,00020 Rose Lane, Botesdale, Diss, IP22 1DJ
Sold Mar 2022
£262,00021 Rose Lane, Botesdale, Diss, IP22 1DJ
Sold Jul 2020
£230,00015 Rose Lane, Botesdale, Diss, IP22 1DJ
Sold Jun 2020
£217,500The Briars, Rose Lane, Botesdale, Diss, IP22 1DJ
Sold Nov 2016
£385,000
Everything we know about Roebuck Cottage, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other Rose Lane homes
Roebuck Cottage outperforms the street on epc rating by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,236
Street avg £2,915
Floor Area
129 m²
Street avg 76 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.8 t/year
Street avg 5.0 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
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
0.3 km
Simonds Court — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
St Botolph's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.5dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.8dB