2 The Cottage, Hale Road, Ashill, Thetford, IP25 7AX
About 2 The Cottage
2 The Cottage is a semi-detached house in Ashill, Thetford, Thetford (IP25 7AX). It has a recorded floor area of 202 m² (around 2174 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (December 2019) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump.
At 202 m² the property is well over the postcode median (99 m² across 18 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2003–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £438,000 is 19.3% above the 2021 sale price. Sold January 2021 for £367,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
2 The Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
2 The Cottage has no planning applications on record.
The full report still covers planning activity across the surrounding area.
Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 2 The Cottage was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£438,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.7% per year over 18 years.
£367,000
Growth on file: 8.7% per year over 18 years.
Sales timeline
11 January 2021Most recent
£367,000
+46.8%over 13 years23 November 2007
£250,000
+194.1%over 4 years9 July 2003
£85,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in IP25 7AX: £284,500 (2025–2018).
Nearby sales in IP25 7AX
9 The Mere, Hale Road, Ashill, Thetford, IP25 7AX
Sold Nov 2025
£355,0008 The Mere, Hale Road, Ashill, Thetford, IP25 7AX
Sold Sept 2024
£320,000Badgers, Hale Road, Ashill, Thetford, IP25 7AX
Sold Mar 2022
£217,0007 The Mere, Hale Road, Ashill, Thetford, IP25 7AX
Sold May 2018
£239,5003 The Mere, Hale Road, Ashill, Thetford, IP25 7AX
Sold Nov 2017
£280,000
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Versus other Hale Road homes
2 The Cottage outperforms the street on habitable rooms by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,817
Street avg £2,224
Floor Area
202 m²
Street avg 106 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.9 t/year
Street avg 5.4 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
0.3 km
Ashill Voluntary Controlled Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.9dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.3dB