Thatched House, Hengrave, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 6LT

Thatched House is a detached house in Hengrave, Bury St. Edmunds, Bury St Edmunds (IP28 6LT). It has a recorded floor area of 255 m² (around 2745 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (December 2018) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in August 2011 the rating was G, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good, roof efficiency went from Average to Very Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on lpg.

At 255 m² the property is well over the postcode median (130 m² across 3 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £835,000 sits 50.5% above the 2012 sale of £555,000. 13 planning records sit against the property, 9 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include solar panel installation, tree works and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent and conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. On the market in January 2012 and unlisted since — roughly 14 years.