Briar Cottage, Broadmoor Road, Carbrooke, Thetford, IP25 6TE
About Briar Cottage
Briar Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Carbrooke, Thetford, Thetford (IP25 6TE). It has a recorded floor area of 217 m² (around 2336 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (July 2017) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 88), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 217 m² the property is well over the postcode median (91 m² across 14 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Last sold in September 2017, so it's been off the market for around 9 years. Across 1996–2017, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £567,000 is 33.4% above the 2017 sale price. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2018.
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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
- Bedrooms4
Energy performance
Briar Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Jan 2018ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
First floor rear extension to provide additional bedroom & Ground Floor annexe
- Documents
- 13 docs on file
- Reference
- 3PL/2017/1582/HOU
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Briar Cottage has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1996.
£567,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.3% per year over 21 years.
£425,000
Growth on file: 8.3% per year over 21 years.
Sales timeline
25 September 2017Most recent
£425,000
+13.3%over 9 years20 March 2008
£375,000
+383.9%over 11 years25 June 1996
£77,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in IP25 6TE: £310,000 (2024–2016).
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£310,000
Everything we know about Briar Cottage, 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 Broadmoor Road homes
Briar Cottage is notably below the street on co₂ emissions.
Price per m²
£1,959
Street avg £2,721
Floor Area
217 m²
Street avg 113 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
11.0 t/year
Street avg 6.4 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
0.9 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
43.5dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.9dB