32 Oak Close, Fornham St Martin, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 6BY

32 Oak Close is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Fornham St. Martin, Bury St. Edmunds, Bury St Edmunds (IP28 6BY). It has a recorded floor area of 37 m² (around 398 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (November 2021) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in December 2011 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78). Main heating runs on electricity. At 37 m² this is the 4th smallest of 25 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 30–74 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to B, with this unit at the bottom.

At 37 m² it sits well below the postcode median (56 m² across 24 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Sold September 2022 for £71,250. Across the public record there are 7 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 2000–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £101,000 is 41.8% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£179/sq ft) was about 56.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode.