9 The Drift, Culford, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 6DR
About 9 The Drift
9 The Drift is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Culford, Bury St. Edmunds, Bury St Edmunds (IP28 6DR). It has a recorded floor area of 66 m² (around 710 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (July 2012) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from July 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot.
At 66 m² it sits well below the postcode median (105 m² across 6 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £304,000 sits 73.7% above the 2013 sale of £175,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£246/sq ft) was about 69.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On the market in November 2013 and unlisted since — roughly 13 years.
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Already flagged here
Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms2
- Dining roomYes
- Utility roomYes
- CloakroomYes
Outside
- LandYes
Building
- Central heatingYes
Energy performance
9 The Drift sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 27 Jul 2022
EPC Rating
Planning history
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
- May 2019AmendmentIn report
Non Material Amendment to DC/16/1134/HH - Change of window material from wood to wood grain effect UPVC
- Documents
- 2 docs on file
- Reference
- NMA(B)/16/0158
- Mar 2019AmendmentIn report
Non Material Amendment to DC/16/1134/HH - amendment of feather edge boarding colour from Sadolins Extra Durable Woodstain in 'Antique Pine' to Clarkes of Walsham Ltd weatherboard, black primed barn cladding coated with black multiflex 'RDS' primer, thickness 24mm (thick edge) x 6mm thin edge width 175mm wide Tanalith treated with a top coat of Sadolins Extra Durble Woodstain in 'Ebony'
- Documents
- 2 docs on file
- Reference
- NMA(A)/16/1134
We flagged 1 thing worth checking at 9 The Drift
Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
9 The Drift valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£304,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£175,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
5 November 2013Most recent
£175,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in IP28 6DR: £227,000 (2025–2002).
Nearby sales in IP28 6DR
4 The Drift, Culford, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 6DR
Sold Jan 2025
£465,00010 The Drift, Culford, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 6DR
Sold Mar 2012
£245,0001 The Drift, Culford, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 6DR
Sold Sept 2006
£227,0005 The Drift, Culford, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 6DR
Sold Jul 2000
£72,0003 The Drift, Culford, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 6DR
Sold Feb 1998
£68,000
Everything we know about 9 The Drift, in one report
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 Drift homes
9 The Drift is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£2,652
Street avg £1,833
Floor Area
66 m²
Street avg 110 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.3 t/year
Street avg 4.0 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
0.3 km
School — bus stop.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.0dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.2dB