Ivy Cottage, Baldingstone, Bury, BL9 6RX
About Ivy Cottage
Ivy Cottage is a five-bedroom detached house in Bury (BL9 6RX). It has a recorded floor area of 269 m² (around 2895 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (November 2020) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include notable views. Period features are noted in the property record.
At 269 m² the property is well over the postcode median (80 m² across 3 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £774,000 is 21.9% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£219/sq ft) was about 77.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: June 2021 at £635,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2014.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms5
- Bathrooms2
- Dining roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
- StudyYes
- FireplaceYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- ParkingOff road
- Notable viewsYes
Building
- Period featuresYes
Energy performance
Ivy Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Oct 2014New BuildOutlineIn report
Outline application for detached dwelling with primary access off Walmersley Old Road with some Reserved Matters
- Agent
- Independent Quantity Surveyors
- Documents
- 14 docs on file
- Reference
- 57855
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- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on Ivy Cottage was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£774,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£635,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
10 June 2021Most recent
£635,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BL9 6RX: £150,000 (2023–2014).
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What we flagged
- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other Baldingstone homes
Ivy Cottage is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£2,361
Street avg £1,920
Floor Area
269 m²
Street avg 87 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
14.0 t/year
Street avg 4.4 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Bentley Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
0.9 km
Springside Primary School. 14 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
58.9dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
51.9dB