Lilac Cottage, Coburg Lane, Saham Hills, Thetford, IP25 7JF
About Lilac Cottage
Lilac Cottage is a detached house in Saham Hills, Thetford, Thetford (IP25 7JF). It has a recorded floor area of 136 m² (around 1464 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (July 2012) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from July 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 136 m² it's 23.6% larger than the typical home in the postcode (110 m² median across 12 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. One planning record on file: an annexe approved in 2020. Past consents include an annexe, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £478,000 is 44.8% above the 2013 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£225/sq ft) was about 17.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last changed hands 13 years ago, in July 2013.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Lilac Cottage sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 12 Jul 2022
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Mar 2020AnnexFullIn report
Conversion of outbuilding to annex
- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- 3PL/2020/0040/HOU
What's in Lilac Cottage, Coburg Lane, Saham Hills, Thetford, IP25 7JF's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
Lilac Cottage valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£478,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£330,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
8 July 2013Most recent
£330,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in IP25 7JF: £195,000 (2023–2020).
Nearby sales in IP25 7JF
2 Bush House, Coburg Lane, Saham Hills, Thetford, IP25 7JF
Sold Nov 2023
£167,0009 Coburg Lane, Saham Hills, Thetford, IP25 7JF
Sold Mar 2022
£550,00011 Coburg Lane, Saham Hills, Thetford, IP25 7JF
Sold Feb 2022
£572,5002 Chapel Cottage, Coburg Lane, Saham Hills, Thetford, IP25 7JF
Sold Sept 2021
£195,0001 Bush House, Coburg Lane, Saham Hills, Thetford, IP25 7JF
Sold Mar 2020
£194,500
Everything we know about Lilac Cottage, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
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Versus other Coburg Lane homes
On epc rating, Lilac Cottage runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,426
Street avg £2,538
Floor Area
136 m²
Street avg 120 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
9.2 t/year
Street avg 4.7 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
1.4 km
Parker's Church of England Primary Academy. 3 schools 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
42.0dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.7dB