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Kent Cottage, Drury Lane, Carbrooke, Thetford, IP25 6SJ

4 sales on record
Property type
Semi-detached
Bedrooms
2
Floor area
78 m²
844 sq ft
Energy rating
E
Score 48
Council tax
Band C
Tenure
Owner Occupied
Overview

About Kent Cottage

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

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

Specifications

What this property has

Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.

Inside

  • Bedrooms2
  • ConservatoryYes

Outside

  • GarageYes
  • Corner plotYes

Building

  • Heating systemOil
  • Period featuresYes
Energy

Energy performance

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

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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 28 Mar 2020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

A
B
C
D
E
E48
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Oil
Hot Water
Average
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
5.2 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against Kent Cottage, Drury Lane, Carbrooke, Thetford, IP25 6SJ, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

Kent Cottage has no planning applications on record.

Notable planning nearby

5applications 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.

Kent Cottage saw 4 transfers in just over a decade — high turnover for the postcode.

Current estimate

£259,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 1.8% per year over 7 years.

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Last sold (2010)

£191,000

Growth on file: 1.8% per year over 7 years.

Sales timeline

  1. 26 August 2010Most recent

    £191,000

  2. 14 August 2006

    £191,000

    +3.2%over 7 months
  3. 6 January 2006

    £185,000

    +8.8%over 1 year
  4. 23 January 2004

    £170,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in IP25 6SJ: £410,000 (2021–2016).

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On the street

Versus other Drury Lane homes

Four headline reads against 13 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

Habitable Rooms for Kent Cottage lags the street by a wide margin.

Price per m²

£2,435

Street avg £2,371

Above

Floor Area

78 m²

Street avg 113 m²

On par

Habitable Rooms

3 rooms

Street avg 6 rooms

Strongly below

CO₂ Emissions

5.2 t/year

Street avg 6.1 t/year

On par
Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

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

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.

Go deeper on the local area

The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.

Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around IP25 6SJ from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime road noise heatmap for IP25 6SJ

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

42.5dB

Low
Night-time road noise heatmap for IP25 6SJ

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

35.6dB

Low
55 dB
60 dB
65 dB
70 dB
75 dB
80 dB
Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4
FAQ

Common questions

The questions buyers, sellers and homeowners most often ask about Kent Cottage, Drury Lane, Carbrooke, Thetford, IP25 6SJ. Each answer is also embedded as structured data for search engines.