Orchard Cottage, Hengrave, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 6LX

Orchard Cottage is a detached house in Hengrave, Bury St. Edmunds, Bury St Edmunds (IP28 6LX). It has a recorded floor area of 110 m² (around 1184 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1983-1990. The latest certificate (October 2025) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since March 2012. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, roof efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Poor; while window efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and main heating dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 66). Main heating runs on oil.

One historical planning record sits against the property in 2024. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. Today's modelled estimate of £446,000 is 46.2% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£258/sq ft) was about 27.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 110 m² it's 23.6% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (144 m² median across 6 EPCs). Most recent transfer: January 2021 at £305,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.