Virginia Cottage, Dun Cow Road, Aldeby, Beccles, NR34 0BE
About Virginia Cottage
Virginia Cottage is a four-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Aldeby, Beccles, Beccles (NR34 0BE). It has a recorded floor area of 113 m² (around 1216 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (May 2021) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. Other recorded features include outbuildings and attached land beyond the plot. Period features are noted in the property record.
On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£391/sq ft) was about 99.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold November 2022 for £475,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Already flagged here
Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms1
- StudyYes
Outside
- Private gardenWrap around
- OutbuildingsYes
- LandYes
Building
- Period featuresYes
Energy performance
Virginia Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Virginia Cottage has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
1applications of note in the surrounding area
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£471,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£475,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
1 November 2022Most recent
£475,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in NR34 0BE: £175,000 (2024–2021).
Nearby sales in NR34 0BE
Stonham Lodge, Dun Cow Road, Aldeby, Beccles, NR34 0BE
Sold Oct 2024
£500,0002 The Cottages, Dun Cow Road, Aldeby, Beccles, NR34 0BE
Sold Apr 2023
£1,0003 The Cottages, Dun Cow Road, Aldeby, Beccles, NR34 0BE
Sold Sept 2021
£175,000Rose Cottage, Dun Cow Road, Aldeby, Beccles, NR34 0BE
Sold Jun 2021
£345,000Plowmans, Dun Cow Road, Aldeby, Beccles, NR34 0BE
Sold Aug 2019
£215,000
Everything we know about Virginia Cottage, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby
Versus other Dun Cow Road homes
On price per m², Virginia Cottage stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£4,204
Street avg £2,241
Floor Area
113 m²
Street avg 117 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.5 t/year
Street avg 7.5 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.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.0dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.5dB