What type of property is Bridge Cottage, The Street, IP7 7NQ?

Bridge Cottage, The Street, IP7 7NQ is a 2-bedroom detached house.

What did Bridge Cottage, The Street, IP7 7NQ sell for?

Bridge Cottage, The Street, IP7 7NQ last sold for £285,000 in December 2010, around 16 years ago. Land Registry has 3 sales on record going back to £160,000 in October 2001. Source: HM Land Registry.

How has the value of Bridge Cottage, The Street, IP7 7NQ changed over time?

Across 3 sales between October 2001 and December 2010, Bridge Cottage, The Street, IP7 7NQ rose from £160,000 to £285,000, a change of £125,000. That works out to roughly +6.5% per year compounded over 9 years. Source: HM Land Registry.

What is the EPC rating for Bridge Cottage, The Street, IP7 7NQ?

The current EPC rating for Bridge Cottage, The Street, IP7 7NQ is E with a score of 45 out of 100, lodged in March 2010. Source: EPC Register.

What is the floor area of Bridge Cottage, The Street, IP7 7NQ?

Bridge Cottage, The Street, IP7 7NQ has a recorded floor area of 41 m² (441 sq ft), around 20 m² per bedroom. That makes it about 61% smaller than the median EPC-recorded property in IP7 7NQ. Source: EPC Register.

How is Bridge Cottage, The Street, IP7 7NQ heated?

The latest EPC at Bridge Cottage, The Street, IP7 7NQ records oil as the main heating fuel. Source: EPC Register.

What council tax band is Bridge Cottage, The Street, IP7 7NQ?

Bridge Cottage, The Street, IP7 7NQ is in council tax band C.

Where is Bridge Cottage, The Street, IP7 7NQ located?

Bridge Cottage, The Street, IP7 7NQ sits in Hitcham, Ipswich, Ipswich. It falls within the IP7 postcode district in Suffolk.

Is Bridge Cottage, The Street, IP7 7NQ in a safe area?

Police records around Bridge Cottage, The Street, IP7 7NQ show an average of 53 reported crimes per month over the last 13 months. Violent crime makes up roughly 53% of reports, the most common category. The overall trend is rising (16% versus the prior period). Source: Police UK.

Which schools serve Bridge Cottage, The Street, IP7 7NQ?

The closest primary school to Bridge Cottage, The Street, IP7 7NQ is Bildeston Primary School (2.3km).

How well connected is Bridge Cottage, The Street, IP7 7NQ?

The closest bus stop to Bridge Cottage, The Street, IP7 7NQ is White Horse, 17m away. In total there are 12 bus stops within the surrounding area.

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Bridge Cottage, The Street, Hitcham, Ipswich, IP7 7NQ

3 sales on record

Estimated value

£334,000

Since the 2010 sale (£285,000)+17%
Against IP7 7NQ's recent median (£273,000)+22%

Newest record on this page: May 2022. Land Registry and EPC registers update monthly, so this page can trail them by 2–3 months.

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Property type

Detached

Bedrooms

Bathroom

Floor area

41 m²

441 sq ft

Energy rating

Score 45

Council tax

Band C

Tenure

Owner Occupied

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Valuation

About this valuation

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Our estimate

£334,000

Against its 2010 sale (£285,000)+17%
Against IP7 7NQ's recent median (£273,000)+22%

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How the estimate is made

The estimate for Bridge Cottage is modelled from its 41 m² EPC floor area, its 3 recorded sales and recent sales of comparable homes in IP7 7NQ. It is an automated estimate, not a survey or mortgage valuation: condition, layout and improvements that aren't on record can move the real figure either way.

What it's based on

Floor area
41 m² from the EPC lodged in March 2010
Sales of this home
3 sales recorded, the latest in 2010
Recent sales in IP7 7NQ
5 sales, median £273,000 (2022–2014)

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Planning	None on this home	Full history, plus nearby schemes
Flood risk	Not shown	Included

Price

Sales history & valuation

Every recorded sale of this home, how its price has moved, and what neighbouring properties have sold for.

Bridge Cottage saw 3 transfers in just over a decade — high turnover for the postcode.

Sales timeline

10 December 2010Most recent
£285,000
+16.3%over 5 years
28 April 2005
£245,000
+53.1%over 3 years
18 October 2001
£160,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in IP7 7NQ: £273,000 (2022–2014).

Nearby sales in IP7 7NQ

Risks

What this page doesn't show

1 potential issue has already been flagged for Bridge Cottage, The Street, Hitcham, Ipswich, IP7 7NQ. The detail, evidence and what to ask about it are in the Risks Report.

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Subsidence and ground-stability signalsIn report
Refusals, enforcement and big schemes nearbyIn report

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Overview

About Bridge Cottage

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

Bridge Cottage is a two-bedroom detached house in Hitcham, Ipswich, Ipswich (IP7 7NQ). It has a recorded floor area of 41 m² (around 441 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (March 2010) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from March 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since December 2010 — that's 16 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 41 m² it sits well below the postcode median (100 m² across 4 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Across 2001–2010, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £334,000 is 17.2% above the 2010 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£646/sq ft) was about 184.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode.

Specifications

What this property has

Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.

Inside

Bedrooms2
Bathrooms1

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Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

Bridge Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.

EPC Expired

This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 31 Mar 2020

Current Certificate

Mar 2010

EPC Rating

E45

Main Heating

Gas

Main Fuel

Oil

Hot Water

Average

Windows

Very Poor

CO2 Emissions

6.3 t/year

Occupancy

Owner Occupied

Certificate validity

Expired on 31 March 2020

New assessment needed to sell or let

Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against Bridge Cottage, The Street, Hitcham, Ipswich, IP7 7NQ, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

Bridge Cottage has no planning applications on record.

A planning report still maps activity across the surrounding area and reads this property's extension & conversion potential.

On the street

Versus other The Street homes

Four headline reads against 4 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

Price per m² for Bridge Cottage runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.

Price per m²

£6,958

Street avg £3,279

Strongly above

Floor Area

41 m²

Street avg 114 m²

Strongly below

Habitable Rooms

5 rooms

Street avg 5 rooms

On par

CO₂ Emissions

6.3 t/year

Street avg 10.0 t/year

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Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Ipswich district page.

Full Ipswich report

Reported crime in the wider district is trending notably upward year-on-year.

Crime

53/mo

Rising year-on-year across the wider district.

Nearest stop

0.0 km

White Horse — bus stop.

Closest school

2.3 km

Bildeston Primary School. 1 school nearby.

Nearest schools

Bildeston Primary SchoolPrimary2.3km

Nearest stops

White HorseBus stop17m
Squirrels DepotBus stop380m
Hill FarmBus stop795m
Causeway EstateBus stop905m

Most reported crime locally

Violence & Sexual Offences366 reports53%
Criminal Damage & Arson61 reports9%
Other Theft57 reports8%
Public Order52 reports8%

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Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around IP7 7NQ from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

45.4dB

Low

Night-time road noise heatmap for IP7 7NQ

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

37.7dB

Low

55 dB

60 dB

65 dB

70 dB

75 dB

80 dB

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Comparables

Similar properties nearby

A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.

£364k

1 Crowcroft Road, Nedging Tye

IP7 7HR

2 bed1 bath

£416k

1 Blenheim Meadow, Nedging Tye

IP7 7GA

2 bed1 bath

£355k

1 Browns Close, Hitcham

IP7 7NP

3 bed1 bath

£368k

1 Church Road, Bildeston

IP7 7SA

3 bed

£284k

1 Brooksfield, Bildeston

IP7 7EH

3 bed2 bath

£283k

1 Crowcroft Glebe, Nedging Tye

IP7 7LH

3 bed

£434k

1 Brick Kiln Cottages, Great Bricett

IP7 7DG

3 bed

£237k

1 Drury Cottage, Drury Lane, Milden

IP7 7AQ

1 bed1 bath

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Method

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Valuation method in detail

How the estimate is made: The estimate for Bridge Cottage is modelled from its 41 m² EPC floor area, its 3 recorded sales and recent sales of comparable homes in IP7 7NQ. It is an automated estimate, not a survey or mortgage valuation: condition, layout and improvements that aren't on record can move the real figure either way.
Where sold prices come from: Sold prices are HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, which covers residential sales in England and Wales since 1995. 3 sales are recorded for Bridge Cottage. Sales normally appear two to three months after completion, so the most recent ones take time to show up anywhere.
Reading the EPC: Energy Performance Certificates rate homes from A (most efficient) to G and last 10 years. The latest one for Bridge Cottage was lodged in March 2010 at band E and expired in March 2020, so a new one is needed to sell or let. Floor area, heating and insulation details on this page come from it.
Planning records: Planning applications are collected from local authority registers through PlanIt. None is matched to Bridge Cottage. Councils sometimes file applications under a different address format, and applications on neighbouring land aren't listed here; the report covers both.
Area figures: Crime is police-recorded street-level data over the last 13 months, which places each incident at an approximate point. The 1 school and 12 stops listed are measured in a straight line from IP7 7NQ, not by walking route. Road noise is Defra's strategic noise modelling, averaged across the postcode.
Council tax band: Bridge Cottage is in council tax band C. Bands are set by the Valuation Office Agency from historic values (1 April 1991 in England, 1 April 2003 in Wales), not today's price; the amount you pay depends on the council's rate for the band.

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Bridge Cottage, The Street, Hitcham, Ipswich, IP7 7NQ

How the estimate is made

What it's based on

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Sales timeline

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Everything you need to know about Bridge Cottage

EPC Expired

EPC Rating

Nearest schools

Nearest stops

Most reported crime locally

Level 3 Building Survey

1 Crowcroft Road, Nedging Tye

1 Blenheim Meadow, Nedging Tye

1 Browns Close, Hitcham

1 Church Road, Bildeston

1 Brooksfield, Bildeston

1 Crowcroft Glebe, Nedging Tye

1 Brick Kiln Cottages, Great Bricett

1 Drury Cottage, Drury Lane, Milden

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