Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
Pips Cottage is a detached house in Ringsfield, Beccles, Beccles (NR34 8LR). It has a recorded floor area of 54 m² (around 581 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (July 2021) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in January 2019 the rating was G, the property has climbed 3 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, window efficiency went from Average to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 74). Main heating runs on oil.
At 54 m² it's 28.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (76 m² median across 14 EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £219,000 is 43.6% above the 2020 sale price. Sold January 2020 for £152,500. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2002.
Certificate validity
Valid until 28 July 2031
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Upgraded to gas central heating
Fuel source changed
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Hot water system upgraded
Window efficiency improved
Wall insulation improved
Loft insulation installed or upgraded to 250mm+
More low energy lighting installed
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Because the property was built before 1919, has no mains gas supply, and has solid (non-cavity) walls, we believe a Level 3 building survey should be considered.
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1 application on record at Pips Cottage, Cromwell Road, Ringsfield, Beccles, NR34 8LR
Removal of Condition No. 6 - W16817/1 - Occupancy restriction
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The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£219,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£152,500
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
24 January 2020Most recent
£152,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in NR34 8LR: £273,000 (2021–2015).
Corner House, Cromwell Road, Ringsfield, Beccles, NR34 8LR
Sold Sept 2021
Garden House, Cromwell Road, Ringsfield, Beccles, NR34 8LR
Sold Sept 2017
Meadowside, Cromwell Road, Ringsfield, Beccles, NR34 8LR
Sold May 2016
The Willows, Cromwell Road, Ringsfield, Beccles, NR34 8LR
Sold Jun 2015
1 Cromwell Road, Ringsfield, Beccles, NR34 8LR
Sold Aug 2013
Pips Cottage is notably below the street on habitable rooms.
Price per m²
£2,824
Street avg £2,560
Floor Area
54 m²
Street avg 98 m²
Habitable Rooms
2 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.9 t/year
Street avg 6.8 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
0.3 km
Cromwell Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Ringsfield Church of England Primary School. 6 schools nearby.
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