5 East View, Freckenham, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 8HU
About 5 East View
5 East View is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Freckenham, Bury St. Edmunds, Bury St Edmunds (IP28 8HU). It has a recorded floor area of 60 m² (around 646 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (February 2019) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
At 60 m² it sits well below the postcode median (109 m² across 10 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2019. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £204,000 is 27.5% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£248/sq ft) was about 22.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £160,000 in May 2019.
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Already flagged here
Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms1
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- ParkingYes
Energy performance
5 East View's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Jul 2019PorchOutlineIn report
Application for Lawful Development Certificate for Proposed Use or Development - (i) Renovation work to existing building (ii) single storey side extension iii) new porch
Extension- Documents
- 13 docs on file
- Reference
- DC/19/1163/CLP
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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
£204,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£160,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
30 May 2019Most recent
£160,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in IP28 8HU: £322,000 (2023–2018).
Nearby sales in IP28 8HU
Walnut Place, East View, Freckenham, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 8HU
Sold Oct 2023
£322,0006 East View, Freckenham, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 8HU
Sold Sept 2021
£235,00021 East View, Freckenham, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 8HU
Sold Nov 2020
£392,500Meadowside, East View, Freckenham, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 8HU
Sold Oct 2018
£360,00011 East View, Freckenham, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 8HU
Sold Jan 2018
£312,000
Everything we know about 5 East View, in one report
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 other East View homes
On co₂ emissions, 5 East View runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,667
Street avg £2,506
Floor Area
60 m²
Street avg 126 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.5 t/year
Street avg 5.4 t/year
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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
East View — bus stop.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.7dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.9dB