The Post Office Stores, The Tea Shoppe Apartment, Long Green, Wortham, Diss, IP22 1PP
About The Post Office Stores
The Post Office Stores is a property in Wortham, Diss, Diss (IP22 1PP). It has a recorded floor area of 79 m² (around 850 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (March 2026) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 65). Main heating runs on oil. This certificate was lodged in the last six months, so the rating reflects current condition.
It hasn't traded since July 2008, a hold of 18 years that's notably long for the area. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £400,000 is 33.3% above the 2008 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£353/sq ft) was about 98.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 79 m² it's 21% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (100 m² median across 11 EPCs).
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
The EPC has just been inspected, so the rating reflects current condition.
EPC Rating
Planning history
The Post Office Stores has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.
- Sept 2010ExtensionHeritageIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single storey kitchen rear extension.
- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- 1776/10
- Sept 2010ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single-storey rear extension.
- Documents
- 10 docs on file
- Reference
- 1732/10
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market — a high-water reference point.
£400,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£300,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
28 July 2008Most recent
£300,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in IP22 1PP: £420,000 (2022–2012).
Nearby sales in IP22 1PP
Long Green Cottage, Long Green, Wortham, Diss, IP22 1PP
Sold Jul 2022
£510,000Greenside, Long Green, Wortham, Diss, IP22 1PP
Sold Jun 2017
£514,000Treeview, Long Green, Wortham, Diss, IP22 1PP
Sold Oct 2015
£287,100The Old Queens, Long Green, Wortham, Diss, IP22 1PP
Sold Jun 2015
£420,000Keepers Cottage, Long Green, Wortham, Diss, IP22 1PP
Sold Apr 2012
£140,000
Everything we know about The Post Office Stores, 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

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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
0.2 km
Bus Shelter — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Wortham Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.6dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.4dB