Roses Cottage, The Green, Merton, Thetford, IP25 6QU
About Roses Cottage
Roses Cottage is a semi-detached house in Merton, Thetford, Thetford (IP25 6QU). It has a recorded floor area of 125 m² (around 1345 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (October 2020) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 91), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
At 125 m² the property is well over the postcode median (68 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
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Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Aug 2019RenovationFullIn report
Installation of an air source heat pump to rear wall of dwelling
- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- 3PL/2019/0771/HOU
- Aug 2014Tree WorksTreesIn report
English oak (T1) Remove limb extending over highway Yew (T2) Re-shape by taking approx 4' from the side laterals - previous works completed by the utility company have left the tree in a stange shape
- Documents
- 2 docs on file
- Reference
- TRE/2014/0157/TCA
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Roses Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£290,000
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 4 sales in IP25 6QU: £212,750 (2015–1999).
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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 The Green homes
Roses Cottage outperforms the street on habitable rooms by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
57 (D)
Street avg 52 (E)
Floor Area
125 m²
Street avg 80 m²
CO₂ Emissions
4.9 t/year
Street avg 5.6 t/year
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 4 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
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Closest school
1.6 km
Wayland Academy. 4 schools 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
42.5dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.1dB