Cypress Cottage, Fordham Road, Freckenham, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 8JB

Cypress Cottage is a three-bedroom detached house in Freckenham, Bury St. Edmunds, Bury St Edmunds (IP28 8JB). It has a recorded floor area of 129 m² (around 1389 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (August 2019) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in March 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and main heating dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include notable views and a self-contained annexe. Period features are noted in the property record.

Most recent transfer: November 2020 at £400,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 83% of similar EPCs). Across 2005–2020, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £460,000 is 15% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£288/sq ft) was about 21.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode.