Sanfields Cottage, The Street, Culford, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 6DP
About Sanfields Cottage
Sanfields Cottage is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Culford, Bury St. Edmunds, Bury St Edmunds (IP28 6DP). It has a recorded floor area of 82 m² (around 883 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (July 2025) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (July 2012); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good and window efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and lighting dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 69), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include outbuildings. Period features are noted in the property record. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.
Today's modelled estimate of £318,000 is 13.6% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£317/sq ft) was about 41% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 82 m² it's 21.2% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (104 m² median across 15 EPCs). Most recent transfer: September 2022 at £280,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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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
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms1
- Dining roomYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- GarageYes
- OutbuildingsYes
- Cul-de-sacYes
Building
- Period featuresYes
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Hot water efficiency decreased
Windows upgraded, improving insulation
Roof insulation improved
More low energy lighting installed
Planning history
Sanfields Cottage has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
2applications of note in the surrounding area
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£318,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£280,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
1 September 2022Most recent
£280,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in IP28 6DP: £400,000 (2024–2022).
Nearby sales in IP28 6DP
Conifers, The Street, Culford, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 6DP
Sold Jun 2024
£400,000Toads House, The Street, Culford, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 6DP
Sold Feb 2024
£625,000Casita, The Street, Culford, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 6DP
Sold Mar 2023
£625,00035 The Street, Culford, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 6DP
Sold Aug 2022
£380,000Barfleet, The Street, Culford, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 6DP
Sold Jan 2022
£332,500
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What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other The Street homes
On epc rating, Sanfields Cottage runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,415
Street avg £3,088
Floor Area
82 m²
Street avg 140 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.4 t/year
Street avg 6.0 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
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
0.1 km
School — bus stop.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.8dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.1dB