Tavern Cottage, Browns Lane, Holme Hale, Thetford, IP25 7DU
About Tavern Cottage
Tavern Cottage is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Holme Hale, Thetford, Thetford (IP25 7DU). It has a recorded floor area of 103 m² (around 1109 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1996-2002. The latest certificate (December 2020) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 95), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include outbuildings and attached land beyond the plot.
One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2022. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £514,000 is 10.5% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£419/sq ft) was about 151.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold March 2021 for £465,000. 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
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
- Dining roomYes
- Utility roomYes
- CloakroomYes
Outside
- Private gardenRear
- GarageYes
- OutbuildingsYes
- LandYes
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Tavern Cottage has an approved single-storey side and rear extension on the planning record.
- Apr 2022ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Side and rear of property
Single storey side and rear pitched roof extension
- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- 3PL/2022/0197/HOU
What's in Tavern Cottage, Browns Lane, Holme Hale, Thetford, IP25 7DU's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on Tavern Cottage was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£514,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£465,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
24 March 2021Most recent
£465,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in IP25 7DU: £220,000 (2021–2014).
Nearby sales in IP25 7DU
3 White Houses, Browns Lane, Holme Hale, Thetford, IP25 7DU
Sold Mar 2021
£290,000Sleepers Cottage, Browns Lane, Holme Hale, Thetford, IP25 7DU
Sold Jan 2021
£190,0002 White Houses, Browns Lane, Holme Hale, Thetford, IP25 7DU
Sold May 2015
£210,0004 White Houses, Browns Lane, Holme Hale, Thetford, IP25 7DU
Sold Sept 2013
£232,5001 White Houses, Browns Lane, Holme Hale, Thetford, IP25 7DU
Sold Jun 2010
£175,000
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Versus other Browns Lane homes
On price per m², Tavern Cottage stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£4,515
Street avg £2,000
Floor Area
103 m²
Street avg 111 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.4 t/year
Street avg 5.0 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
2.4 km
Necton VA Primary School. 1 school 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
42.9dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.0dB