Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
Fosters Buildings, Top Barn, Shimpling Road, Hartest, Bury St Edmunds, IP29 4ET
9 planning records
Estimated value
£500,000
- Since the 2023 sale (£465,000)+8%
- Against IP29 4ET's recent median (£465,000)+8%
Newest record on this page: November 2023. Land Registry and EPC registers update monthly, so this page can trail them by 2–3 months.
Property type
Detached
Habitable rooms
6
From EPC
Floor area
81 m²
872 sq ft
Energy rating
E
Score 45
Council tax
Band D
Tenure
Owner Occupied
About this valuation
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Our estimate
£500,000
- Against its 2023 sale (£465,000)+8%
- Against IP29 4ET's recent median (£465,000)+8%
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How the estimate is made
The estimate for Fosters Buildings is modelled from its 81 m² EPC floor area, its 1 recorded sale and recent sales of comparable homes in IP29 4ET. It is an automated estimate, not a survey or mortgage valuation: condition, layout and improvements that aren't on record can move the real figure either way.
What it's based on
Floor area
81 m² from the EPC lodged in April 2022
Sales of this home
1 sale recorded, the latest in 2023
Recent sales in IP29 4ET
5 sales, median £465,000 (2023–2014)
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| Data | This page | Full report |
|---|---|---|
| Sales | Latest sale shown: August 2023 | Latest available records, read when you order |
| Valuation | Estimate from the last refresh | Analysed against comparable sales |
| Planning | 1 of 9 applications | Full history, plus nearby schemes |
| Flood risk | Not shown | Included |
Sales history & valuation
Every recorded sale of this home, how its price has moved, and what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Fosters Buildings valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
Sales timeline
27 April 2023Most recent
£465,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in IP29 4ET: £465,000 (2023–2014).
Nearby sales in IP29 4ET
Pompes, Shimpling Road, Hartest, Bury St Edmunds, IP29 4ET
Sold Aug 2023
£752,000Old Mill House, Shimpling Road, Hartest, Bury St Edmunds, IP29 4ET
Sold Sept 2021
£905,000Pippin Cottage, Shimpling Road, Hartest, Bury St Edmunds, IP29 4ET
Sold Sept 2018
£465,0002 Shrubland Cottage, Shimpling Road, Hartest, Bury St Edmunds, IP29 4ET
Sold Nov 2016
£180,0006 Shimpling Road, Hartest, Bury St Edmunds, IP29 4ET
Sold Mar 2014
£349,995
What this page doesn't show
Nothing is flagged from the data on this page, but these checks are only run in the report. The detail, evidence and what to ask about it are in the Risks Report.
- Flood risk from rivers, sea and surface waterIn report
- Subsidence and ground-stability signalsIn report
- Refusals, enforcement and big schemes nearbyIn report
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About Fosters Buildings
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
Fosters Buildings is a detached house in Hartest, Bury St. Edmunds, Bury St Edmunds (IP29 4ET). It has a recorded floor area of 81 m² (around 872 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (April 2022) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 107), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
9 planning records sit against the property, 8 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, change of use to residential and tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent and conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£533/sq ft) was about 117.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 81 m² it's 19.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (101 m² median across 8 EPCs). Most recent transfer: April 2023 at £465,000.
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Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Current Certificate
Apr 2022EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
E
E45
F
G
Main Heating
Electric
Main Fuel
Electric
Hot Water
Poor
Windows
Poor
CO2 Emissions
5.7 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Certificate validity
Valid until 11 April 2032
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against Fosters Buildings, Top Barn, Shimpling Road, Hartest, Bury St Edmunds, IP29 4ET, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
Fosters Buildings has multiple listed-building consents on file — alterations need formal heritage approval.
9 applications on record at Fosters Buildings, Top Barn, Shimpling Road, Hartest, Bury St Edmunds, IP29 4ET
9decisions1extensions84documents
Flagged:Change of useListed buildingConservation area
- May 2009Tree WorksTreesOutcome in report
Fell 1 no. Poplar tree, pollard 1 no. Ash tree and reduce 1 no. Willow tree by up to one third.
- Documents
- 1 doc on file
- Reference
- B/09/00524
- More recent applications — locked
- Tree WorksNov 2023Decision
- ConditionsJul 2023Decision
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- The 84 documents, officer reports & conditions
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Versus other Shimpling Road homes
Four headline reads against 8 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
Fosters Buildings outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£5,741
Street avg £3,906
Floor Area
81 m²
Street avg 131 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.7 t/year
Street avg 5.4 t/year
The neighbourhood at a glance
A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Bury St Edmunds district page.
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
0.7 km
School — bus stop.
Closest school
0.7 km
Hartest Church of England Primary School. 1 school nearby.
Nearest schools
- Hartest Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary732m
Nearest stops
- SchoolBus stop702m
- Hartest GreenBus stop729m
- Brockley RoadBus stop1.2km
- Blacksmiths CornerBus stop1.4km
Most reported crime locally
- Violence & Sexual Offences99 reports39%
- Burglary30 reports12%
- Other Theft30 reports12%
- Criminal Damage & Arson26 reports10%
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Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around IP29 4ET from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.3dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.8dB
55 dB
60 dB
65 dB
70 dB
75 dB
80 dB
Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4
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Where every figure above comes from, how current it is and what it can't tell you.
- How the estimate is made
- The estimate for Fosters Buildings is modelled from its 81 m² EPC floor area, its 1 recorded sale and recent sales of comparable homes in IP29 4ET. It is an automated estimate, not a survey or mortgage valuation: condition, layout and improvements that aren't on record can move the real figure either way.
- Where sold prices come from
- Sold prices are HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, which covers residential sales in England and Wales since 1995. 1 sale is recorded for Fosters Buildings. Sales normally appear two to three months after completion, so the most recent ones take time to show up anywhere.
- Reading the EPC
- Energy Performance Certificates rate homes from A (most efficient) to G and last 10 years. The latest one for Fosters Buildings was lodged in April 2022 at band E and is valid until April 2032. Floor area, heating and insulation details on this page come from it.
- Planning records
- Planning applications are collected from local authority registers through PlanIt. 9 applications are matched to Fosters Buildings. Councils sometimes file applications under a different address format, and applications on neighbouring land aren't listed here; the report covers both.
- Area figures
- Crime is police-recorded street-level data over the last 14 months, which places each incident at an approximate point. The 1 school and 10 stops listed are measured in a straight line from IP29 4ET, not by walking route. Road noise is Defra's strategic noise modelling, averaged across the postcode.
- Council tax band
- Fosters Buildings is in council tax band D. Bands are set by the Valuation Office Agency from historic values (1 April 1991 in England, 1 April 2003 in Wales), not today's price; the amount you pay depends on the council's rate for the band.
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