Fieldgate Cottage, The Street, Culford, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 6DP

Fieldgate Cottage is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Culford, Bury St. Edmunds, Bury St Edmunds (IP28 6DP). It has a recorded floor area of 210 m² (around 2260 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2012 onwards and council tax band C. The latest certificate (March 2023) shows a C (score 78), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in July 2012 the rating was F, the property has climbed 3 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 86). Main heating runs on electricity. Other recorded features include outbuildings.

At 210 m² the property is well over the postcode median (91 m² across 15 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 80% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £428,000 sits 58.5% above the 2019 sale of £270,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£119/sq ft) was about 47.2% below the postcode norm. 3 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Sold August 2019 for £270,000.