2 Thatched Cottages, The Street, Boxted, Bury St Edmunds, IP29 4JP
About 2 Thatched Cottages
2 Thatched Cottages is a semi-detached house in Boxted, Bury St. Edmunds, Bury St Edmunds (IP29 4JP). It has a recorded floor area of 56 m² (around 603 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (November 2018) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since February 2009. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Average to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 56 m² it sits well below the postcode median (89 m² across 9 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally.
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Hot water system changed
Window efficiency improved
More low energy lighting installed
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Level 3 Building Survey
Because the property was built before 1919 and has no mains gas supply, we believe a Level 3 building survey should be considered.
From £885 · Includes VAT
Planning history
2 Thatched Cottages 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
2 Thatched Cottages has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£235,000
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 4 sales in IP29 4JP: £145,500 (2014–1996).
Versus other The Street homes
CO₂ Emissions for 2 Thatched Cottages runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
EPC Rating
39 (E)
Street avg 43 (E)
Floor Area
56 m²
Street avg 81 m²
CO₂ Emissions
5.6 t/year
Street avg 7.6 t/year
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 4 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
0.0 km
Phone Box — bus stop.
Closest school
1.2 km
Hartest Church of England Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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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
45.2dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.6dB







