Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
The Old Chapel is a semi-detached house in Hartest, Bury St. Edmunds, Bury St Edmunds (IP29 4DH). It has a recorded floor area of 175 m² (around 1884 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (December 2025) shows an F (score 30), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 58), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. At 175 m² it's 22.4% larger than the typical home in the postcode (143 m² median across 13 EPCs).
The Old Chapel's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Certificate validity
Valid until 2 December 2035
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The Old Chapel has a listed-building consent on record — alterations to a listed property are tightly controlled.
2 applications on record at The Old Chapel, The Green, Hartest, Bury St Edmunds, IP29 4DH
Application for Listed Building Consent - External redecoration.
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The Old Chapel has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£451,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
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 4DH: £745,000 (2025–2021).
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Sold Mar 2021
EPC Rating for The Old Chapel lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
30 (F)
Street avg 46 (E)
Floor Area
175 m²
Street avg 180 m²
CO₂ Emissions
14.0 t/year
Street avg 12.1 t/year
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 8 rooms
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Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
18/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Hartest Green — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Hartest Church of England Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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