The Bungalow, Beck Street, Hepworth, Diss, IP22 2PN
About The Bungalow
The Bungalow is a three-bedroom detached house in Hepworth, Diss, Diss (IP22 2PN). It has a recorded floor area of 74 m² (around 797 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (July 2021) shows a G (score 1), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to E (score 50), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on dual fuel.
At 74 m² it sits well below the postcode median (150 m² across 4 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs). 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include solar panel installation, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sale on file: £525,000 in April 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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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
- Bedrooms3
Energy performance
The Bungalow's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Planning records include a solar-panel installation at The Bungalow.
- Sept 2024Solar PanelsConditionsIn report
Planning application - variation of condition 2 (approved plans) and condition 3 (materials) of DC/23/0984/FUL to fenestration and install solar panels
- Documents
- 15 docs on file
- Reference
- DC/24/0510/VAR
- Jul 2024ConditionsIn report
Application to discharge conditions 4 (visibility), 5 (access), 6 (surfacing), 9 (cycle storage), 10 (demolition and construction management), 19 (biodiversity enhancement strategy), 20 (sensitive lighting design scheme), 23 (soft landscaping - minor (and trees), and 24 (boundary treatments) of DC/23/0984/FUL
- Documents
- 29 docs on file
- Reference
- DCON(A)/23/0984
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£488,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£525,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
27 April 2022Most recent
£525,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in IP22 2PN: £380,000 (2024–2005).
Nearby sales in IP22 2PN
Beckett End, Beck Street, Hepworth, Diss, IP22 2PN
Sold Oct 2024
£287,000Folly Farm, Beck Street, Hepworth, Diss, IP22 2PN
Sold Mar 2017
£678,600Springbank Farm, Beck Street, Hepworth, Diss, IP22 2PN
Sold Feb 2010
£472,000Juana, Beck Street, Hepworth, Diss, IP22 2PN
Sold Jun 2007
£380,000Oak House, Beck Street, Hepworth, Diss, IP22 2PN
Sold Oct 2005
£318,000
Everything we know about The Bungalow, 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 Beck Street homes
EPC Rating for The Bungalow lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
1 (G)
Street avg 41 (E)
Floor Area
74 m²
Street avg 150 m²
CO₂ Emissions
16.0 t/year
Street avg 11.3 t/year
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
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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
1.1 km
Council Houses — bus stop.
Closest school
2.3 km
Barningham Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.1dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.5dB