Hollytree Cottage, Rede, Bury St Edmunds, IP29 4BE
About Hollytree Cottage
Hollytree Cottage is a semi-detached house in Rede, Bury St. Edmunds, Bury St Edmunds (IP29 4BE). It has a recorded floor area of 54 m² (around 581 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (July 2019) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since October 2008. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Poor; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 54 m² it sits well below the postcode median (181 m² across 5 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs).
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
Hollytree Cottage has no planning applications on record.
A planning report still maps activity across the surrounding area and reads this property's extension & conversion potential.
Sales history & valuation
Hollytree Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£215,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in IP29 4BE: £815,000 (2024–2019).
Nearby sales in IP29 4BE
The Drift, Rede, Bury St Edmunds, IP29 4BE
Sold Jan 2024
£950,000The Old Mission Hall, Rede, Bury St Edmunds, IP29 4BE
Sold Nov 2023
£228,000Downings Farm, Rede, Bury St Edmunds, IP29 4BE
Sold Sept 2022
£815,000The Old Rectory, Rede, Bury St Edmunds, IP29 4BE
Sold Jul 2020
£1,730,000Glebe House, Rede, Bury St Edmunds, IP29 4BE
Sold Jan 2019
£745,000
Versus the street
Hollytree Cottage is notably below the street on floor area.
EPC Rating
42 (E)
Street avg 63 (D)
Floor Area
54 m²
Street avg 164 m²
CO₂ Emissions
5.1 t/year
Street avg 4.6 t/year
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
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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
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Bus Shelter — bus stop.
Go deeper on the local area
A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.6dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.6dB







