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Get startedLilac Cottage is a detached house in Hales, Market Drayton, Market Drayton (TF9 2PP). It has a recorded floor area of 125 m² (around 1345 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (December 2016) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in March 2010 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 91), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 4.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. At 125 m² it sits well below the postcode median (187 m² across 3 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2015. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Most recent transfer: July 2024 at £460,000.
Lilac Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Lilac Cottage has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Prior notification of a single storey rear extension measuring 4.85m in depth, maximum height of 4.0m and 2.1m to the eaves
£485,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.5% per year over 11 years.
£460,000
Growth on file: 4.5% per year over 11 years.
Lilac Cottage outperforms the street on epc rating by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
57 (D)
Street avg 38 (F)
Floor Area
125 m²
Street avg 239 m²
CO₂ Emissions
6.7 t/year
Street avg 16.7 t/year
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.
Nearest stop
0.2 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.5dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Window efficiency improved
Cavity wall insulation installed
Loft insulation upgraded to recommended levels
More low energy lighting installed
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4 July 2024Most recent
£460,000
+61.4%over 10 years30 August 2013
£285,000
Median price across the last 2 sales in TF9 2PP: £887,500 (2025–2023).
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 9 rooms
St Mary's Church — bus stop.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.6dB
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