Dove Cottage, Waterheath Road, Aldeby, Beccles, NR34 0DQ
About Dove Cottage
Dove Cottage is a detached house in Aldeby, Beccles, Beccles (NR34 0DQ). It has a recorded floor area of 160 m² (around 1722 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (January 2014) shows a C (score 70). The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 84). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from January 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2021. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 160 m² it's 18% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (195 m² median across 3 EPCs).
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Dove Cottage's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 07 Jan 2024
EPC Rating
Planning history
Dove Cottage has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
- Feb 2021ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single storey rear extension
- Documents
- 11 docs on file
- Reference
- 2020/2475
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Dove Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£435,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in NR34 0DQ: £300,000 (2016–1999).
Everything we know about Dove 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 Waterheath Road homes
On epc rating, Dove Cottage stands well clear of the street.
EPC Rating
70 (C)
Street avg 41 (E)
Floor Area
160 m²
Street avg 171 m²
CO₂ Emissions
5.8 t/year
Street avg 9.6 t/year
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
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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
1.8 km
Glebeland Community Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.5dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.0dB