Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
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 £464,000 is 16% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£288/sq ft) was about 23.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
Cypress Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Certificate validity
Valid until 1 August 2029
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Hot water efficiency decreased
More low energy lighting installed
Get a survey for this property
Because the property was built before 1919, has no mains gas supply, and has solid (non-cavity) walls, we believe a Level 3 building survey should be considered.
From £1,020 · Includes VAT
Cypress Cottage has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
1 notable application nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£464,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.5% per year over 16 years.
£400,000
Growth on file: 3.5% per year over 16 years.
2 November 2020Most recent
£400,000
+2.6%over 3 years8 December 2016
£390,000
+56.0%over 7 years28 May 2009
£250,000
+7.3%over 4 years6 April 2005
£233,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in IP28 8JB: £460,000 (2026–2023).
The Old Chapel, Fordham Road, Freckenham, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 8JB
Sold Mar 2026
Hedgerows, Fordham Road, Freckenham, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 8JB
Sold Aug 2025
7 Fordham Road, Freckenham, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 8JB
Sold Sept 2024
6 Fordham Road, Freckenham, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 8JB
Sold Jul 2023
Tanglewood, Fordham Road, Freckenham, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 8JB
Sold Apr 2023
Cypress Cottage is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£3,101
Street avg £2,784
Floor Area
129 m²
Street avg 141 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.0 t/year
Street avg 4.4 t/year
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Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
122/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.3 km
Golden Boar — bus stop.
Closest school
2.8 km
Isleham Church of England Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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