Kent Cottage, Drury Lane, Carbrooke, Thetford, IP25 6SJ
About Kent Cottage
Kent Cottage is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Carbrooke, Thetford, Thetford (IP25 6SJ). It has a recorded floor area of 78 m² (around 844 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (March 2010) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 55). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from March 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory. Period features are noted in the property record. The home occupies a corner plot.
Untraded for 16 years, with the last transfer in August 2010. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 2004–2010, sale prices on this property compounded at 1.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £259,000 is 35.6% above the 2010 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£226/sq ft) was about 15.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 78 m² it's 23.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (103 m² median across 13 EPCs).
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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
- Bedrooms2
- ConservatoryYes
Outside
- GarageYes
- Corner plotYes
Building
- Heating systemOil
- Period featuresYes
Energy performance
Kent Cottage's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 28 Mar 2020
EPC Rating
Planning history
Kent Cottage has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
5applications of note in the surrounding area
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Kent Cottage saw 4 transfers in just over a decade — high turnover for the postcode.
£259,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 1.8% per year over 7 years.
£191,000
Growth on file: 1.8% per year over 7 years.
Sales timeline
26 August 2010Most recent
£191,000
14 August 2006
£191,000
+3.2%over 7 months6 January 2006
£185,000
+8.8%over 1 year23 January 2004
£170,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in IP25 6SJ: £410,000 (2021–2016).
Nearby sales in IP25 6SJ
10 Drury Lane, Carbrooke, Thetford, IP25 6SJ
Sold Jun 2021
£361,5006 Drury Lane, Carbrooke, Thetford, IP25 6SJ
Sold May 2018
£205,000Tumbleweed, Drury Lane, Carbrooke, Thetford, IP25 6SJ
Sold Nov 2017
£600,000Cowslip Lodge, Drury Lane, Carbrooke, Thetford, IP25 6SJ
Sold Nov 2017
£540,000Shangri La, Drury Lane, Carbrooke, Thetford, IP25 6SJ
Sold Aug 2016
£410,000
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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 Drury Lane homes
Habitable Rooms for Kent Cottage lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,435
Street avg £2,371
Floor Area
78 m²
Street avg 113 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.2 t/year
Street avg 6.1 t/year
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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
0.5 km
St Peter and St Paul Church of England Primary Academy & Nursery. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.5dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.6dB