What kind of home is Helens Close, Blackstone Cottage, The Street, IP22 1RW?

Helens Close, Blackstone Cottage, The Street, IP22 1RW is a semi-detached house.

What did Helens Close, Blackstone Cottage, The Street, IP22 1RW sell for?

Helens Close, Blackstone Cottage, The Street, IP22 1RW last sold for £247,500 in March 2021, around 5 years ago. Source: HM Land Registry.

What energy rating does Helens Close, Blackstone Cottage, The Street, IP22 1RW have?

The current EPC rating for Helens Close, Blackstone Cottage, The Street, IP22 1RW is C with a score of 73 out of 100, lodged in June 2014. The assessor estimates the property could reach a B. Source: EPC Register.

How big is Helens Close, Blackstone Cottage, The Street, IP22 1RW?

Helens Close, Blackstone Cottage, The Street, IP22 1RW has a recorded floor area of 79 m² (850 sq ft). That makes it about 57% smaller than the median EPC-recorded property in IP22 1RW. Source: EPC Register.

What heating system does Helens Close, Blackstone Cottage, The Street, IP22 1RW use?

The latest EPC at Helens Close, Blackstone Cottage, The Street, IP22 1RW records oil as the main heating fuel. Source: EPC Register.

Which area is Helens Close, Blackstone Cottage, The Street, IP22 1RW in?

Helens Close, Blackstone Cottage, The Street, IP22 1RW sits in Redgrave, Diss, Diss. It falls within the IP22 postcode district in Suffolk.

How safe is the area around Helens Close, Blackstone Cottage, The Street, IP22 1RW?

Police records around Helens Close, Blackstone Cottage, The Street, IP22 1RW 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.

What schools are near Helens Close, Blackstone Cottage, The Street, IP22 1RW?

The closest primary school to Helens Close, Blackstone Cottage, The Street, IP22 1RW is St Botolph's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School (1.8km).

What transport links are near Helens Close, Blackstone Cottage, The Street, IP22 1RW?

The closest bus stop to Helens Close, Blackstone Cottage, The Street, IP22 1RW is Village Sign, 46m away. In total there are 11 bus stops within the surrounding area.

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Helens Close, Blackstone Cottage, The Street, Redgrave, Diss, IP22 1RW

Property type

Semi-detached

Habitable rooms

From EPC

Floor area

79 m²

850 sq ft

Energy rating

Score 73

Tenure

Private Rental

Overview

About Helens Close

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

Helens Close is a semi-detached house in Redgrave, Diss, Diss (IP22 1RW). It has a recorded floor area of 79 m² (around 850 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1996-2002. The latest certificate (June 2014) shows a C (score 73). The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 87). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from June 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 79 m² it sits well below the postcode median (187 m² across 15 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Today's modelled estimate of £299,000 is 20.8% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£291/sq ft) was about 105.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £247,500 in March 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.

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Valuation

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Risks

planning & flood

Sold prices

similar homes nearby

Trends

the local market

Energy

Energy performance

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

Helens Close ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.

EPC Expired

This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 01 Jun 2024

EPC Rating

C73

Main Heating

Gas

Main Fuel

Oil

Hot Water

Average

Windows

Average

CO2 Emissions

3.2 t/year

Occupancy

Rented

Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against Helens Close, Blackstone Cottage, The Street, Redgrave, Diss, IP22 1RW, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

Helens Close has no planning applications on record.

Notable planning nearby

6applications of note in the surrounding area

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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.

The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.

Current estimate

£299,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.

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Last sold (2021)

£247,500

Recorded with HM Land Registry.

Sales timeline

19 March 2021Most recent
£247,500

Median price across the last 5 sales in IP22 1RW: £600,000 (2024–2021).

Nearby sales in IP22 1RW

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On the street

Versus other The Street homes

Four headline reads against 15 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

EPC Rating for Helens Close runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.

Price per m²

£3,133

Street avg £2,196

Strongly above

Floor Area

79 m²

Street avg 204 m²

Strongly below

Habitable Rooms

4 rooms

Street avg 8 rooms

Strongly below

CO₂ Emissions

3.2 t/year

Street avg 13.2 t/year

Strongly above

Comparables

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Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Diss district page.

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

0.0 km

Village Sign — bus stop.

Closest school

1.8 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 1RW from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

44.0dB

Low

Night-time road noise heatmap for IP22 1RW

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

37.4dB

Low

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60 dB

65 dB

70 dB

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80 dB

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