Virginia Cottage is a detached house in Bulwick, Corby, Corby (NN17 3DY). It has a recorded floor area of 177 m² (around 1905 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (June 2020) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since October 2008. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 8.1% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £595,000 is 12.3% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£278/sq ft) was about 25.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 177 m² the property is well over the postcode median (76 m² across 22 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sale on file: £530,000 in January 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Virginia Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Virginia Cottage has been extended on multiple sides of the property across separate planning applications.
Extension: Rear of property
2 Storey extension to rear of property
Latest sale on Virginia Cottage was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£595,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.1% per year over 8 years.
£530,000
Growth on file: 8.1% per year over 8 years.
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Floor Area for Virginia Cottage runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,994
Street avg £3,403
Floor Area
177 m²
Street avg 92 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
4/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.4dB

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Changes detected from historical EPC data
Windows upgraded, improving insulation
More low energy lighting installed
Extension: Two storey · Side of property
Two storey side extension
Full planning data for Virginia Cottage, Bulwick, Corby, NN17 3DY
1 more on this property, plus every nearby application and full decision details, in the report.
26 January 2021Most recent
£530,000
+92.7%over 8 years6 August 2012
£275,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in NN17 3DY: £510,000 (2023–2020).
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CO₂ Emissions
11.0 t/year
Street avg 7.3 t/year
NN17 3HW
Bulwick Village DRT — bus stop.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.2dB