Vale Cottage, Vale Lane, Kersey, Ipswich, IP7 6EH
About Vale Cottage
Vale Cottage is a detached house in Kersey, Ipswich, Ipswich (IP7 6EH). It has a recorded floor area of 219 m² (around 2357 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (January 2017) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (March 2016); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 70), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 219 m² the property is well over the postcode median (84 m² across 22 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a garage conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1995–2017, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £852,000 is 13.6% above the 2017 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£318/sq ft) was about 45.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last changed hands 9 years ago, in November 2017.
Energy performance
Vale Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
Vale Cottage has an approved extension on the planning record.
2 applications on record at Vale Cottage, Vale Lane, Kersey, Ipswich, IP7 6EH
- Jun 2003ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Erection of two-storey and single storey extension.
- Reference
- B//03/00753
- More recent applications — locked
- Garage ConversionFeb 2007Decision
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on Vale Cottage was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£852,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.8% per year over 22 years.
£750,000
Growth on file: 7.8% per year over 22 years.
Sales timeline
14 November 2017Most recent
£750,000
+290.6%over 20 years3 November 1997
£192,000
+37.1%over 2 years21 August 1995
£140,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in IP7 6EH: £365,000 (2024–2014).
Nearby sales in IP7 6EH
Versus other Vale Lane homes
On co₂ emissions, Vale Cottage runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,425
Street avg £2,640
Floor Area
219 m²
Street avg 95 m²
Habitable Rooms
9 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
11.0 t/year
Street avg 4.8 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
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Church Corner — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Kersey Church of England Primary School. 4 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.6dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.7dB







