1 Flint Cottages, Culford Road, Fornham St Martin, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 6TN

1 Flint Cottages is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Fornham St. Martin, Bury St. Edmunds, Bury St Edmunds (IP28 6TN). It has a recorded floor area of 99 m² (around 1066 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (November 2017) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in August 2014 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Very Good, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and lighting dropped from Very Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include a conservatory and attached land beyond the plot.

Held since March 2005 — that's 21 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Today's modelled estimate of £431,000 sits 59.6% above the 2005 sale of £270,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£253/sq ft) was about 160.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2005. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.