Dairy Cottage, Hengrave, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 6LT

Dairy Cottage is an end-of-terrace house in Hengrave, Bury St. Edmunds, Bury St Edmunds (IP28 6LT). It has a recorded floor area of 130 m² (around 1399 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (April 2024) shows an F (score 37), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it D (August 2009); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on lpg.

5 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused, 1 pending. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. An active application for tree works is awaiting a decision. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. At 130 m² it sits well below the postcode median (255 m² across 3 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Across 1995–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.4% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£336/sq ft) was about 65.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold September 2021 for £469,500. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.