Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
English Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Ilketshall St. Andrew, Beccles, Beccles (NR34 8JB). It has a recorded floor area of 132 m² (around 1423 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (March 2009) shows a G (score 10), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to F (score 21). Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from March 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include outbuildings.
At 132 m² the property is well over the postcode median (88 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £633,000 sits 60.3% above the 2014 sale of £395,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£278/sq ft) was about 195.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2010. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. On the market in July 2014 and unlisted since — roughly 12 years.
English Cottage sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 16 Mar 2019
Certificate validity
Expired on 16 March 2019
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English Cottage has a listed-building consent on record — alterations to a listed property are tightly controlled.
1 application on record at English Cottage, Great Common Road, Ilketshall St Andrew, Beccles, NR34 8JB
Listed Building Consent - Retrospective Application - provision of 2no rooflights and repair windows and doors where necessary
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Latest sale on English Cottage was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£633,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£395,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
21 July 2014Most recent
£395,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in NR34 8JB: £205,000 (2025–2014).
3 Big Common, Great Common Road, Ilketshall St Andrew, Beccles, NR34 8JB
Sold Oct 2025
2 Big Common, Great Common Road, Ilketshall St Andrew, Beccles, NR34 8JB
Sold Feb 2022
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Sold Sept 2016
1 Big Common, Great Common Road, Ilketshall St Andrew, Beccles, NR34 8JB
Sold Feb 2008
4 Big Common, Great Common Road, Ilketshall St Andrew, Beccles, NR34 8JB
Sold Sept 2005
English Cottage is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£2,989
Street avg £1,819
Floor Area
132 m²
Street avg 89 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
22.0 t/year
Street avg 7.2 t/year
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Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
87/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Hall — bus stop.
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