Steeple Cottage, Water Lane, Garboldisham, Diss, IP22 2SB
About Steeple Cottage
Steeple Cottage is a semi-detached house in Garboldisham, Diss, Diss (IP22 2SB). It has a recorded floor area of 169 m² (around 1819 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (March 2017) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since September 2016. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
4 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused.
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Valuation
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Risks
planning & flood
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Trends
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Energy performance
Steeple Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Mar 2017AnnexFullIn report
Change of use from Holiday let back to residential disabled annexe
- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- 3PL/2017/0012/F
- Dec 2011ConservatoryFullIn report
Erect conservatory addition to holiday letting unit
Extension- Documents
- 13 docs on file
- Reference
- 3PL/2011/1172/F
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Sales history & valuation
Steeple Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£453,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in IP22 2SB: £249,950 (2018–1998).
Nearby sales in IP22 2SB
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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
2.8 km
Chapel — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Garboldisham Church of England Primary Academy. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.9dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.3dB