Orchard Cottage, Flempton, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 6EQ
About Orchard Cottage
Orchard Cottage is a detached house in Flempton, Bury St. Edmunds, Bury St Edmunds (IP28 6EQ). It has a recorded floor area of 165 m² (around 1776 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (June 2025) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 165 m² it's 17.1% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (199 m² median across 3 EPCs).
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Orchard Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Orchard Cottage has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.
- Jul 2012ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey
Planning Application - Erection of first floor extension over detached garage
- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- SE/12/0716/HHCA
- Jul 2008ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Side of property
Planning Application - Erection of single storey side extension
- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- SE/08/0903
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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
Orchard Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£588,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 4 sales in IP28 6EQ: £402,500 (2024–2000).
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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 the street
On epc rating, Orchard Cottage runs well behind the street norm.
EPC Rating
51 (E)
Street avg 59 (D)
Floor Area
165 m²
Street avg 195 m²
CO₂ Emissions
14.0 t/year
Street avg 8.4 t/year
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
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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
Church — bus stop.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.9dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.9dB