3 Church Lane, Barton Mills, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 6AU

3 Church Lane is a semi-detached house in Barton Mills, Bury St. Edmunds, Bury St Edmunds (IP28 6AU). It has a recorded floor area of 116 m² (around 1249 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (April 2024) shows a C (score 79), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in April 2011 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Very Good, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 88).

Today's modelled estimate of £318,000 is 35.8% below the 2021 sale of £495,000, a rare downward gap that often correlates with deferred maintenance or unfinished works. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£396/sq ft) was about 134.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 116 m² the property is well over the postcode median (70 m² across 6 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Last sale on file: £495,000 in September 2021. 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 2021.