Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
Estimated value
£435,000
Newest record on this page: August 2025. Land Registry and EPC registers update monthly, so this page can trail them by 2–3 months.
Our estimate
£435,000
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The estimate for 1a is modelled from its 138 m² EPC floor area, its 2 recorded sales and recent sales of comparable homes in IP29 5BY. 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.
Floor area
138 m² from the EPC lodged in June 2012
Sales of this home
2 sales recorded, the latest in 2006
Recent sales in IP29 5BY
5 sales, median £373,750 (2025–2014)
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| Planning | 1 application | Full history, plus nearby schemes |
| Flood risk | Not shown | Included |
1a's estimated value is more than triple its earliest registered sale price (2002).
17 March 2006Most recent
£190,000
+52.0%over 4 years1 March 2002
£125,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in IP29 5BY: £373,750 (2025–2014).
5 Sharpes Hill, Barrow, Bury St Edmunds, IP29 5BY
Sold Aug 2025
6 Sharpes Hill, Barrow, Bury St Edmunds, IP29 5BY
Sold May 2023
7 Sharpes Hill, Barrow, Bury St Edmunds, IP29 5BY
Sold Nov 2022
4 Sharpes Hill, Barrow, Bury St Edmunds, IP29 5BY
Sold Aug 2016
Sharmead, Sharpes Hill, Barrow, Bury St Edmunds, IP29 5BY
Sold Nov 2014
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1a is a two-bedroom detached house in Barrow, Bury St. Edmunds, Bury St Edmunds (IP29 5BY). It has a recorded floor area of 138 m² (around 1485 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1967-1975. The latest certificate (June 2012) returns a high B (score 87), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. The recommended improvements would push it to A (score 94). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from June 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Held since March 2006 — that's 20 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 138 m² it's 23.2% larger than the typical home in the postcode (112 m² median across 10 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Across 2002–2006, sale prices on this property compounded at 10.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £435,000 sits 128.9% above the 2006 sale of £190,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£128/sq ft) was about 37.7% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2006. Past consents include an extension, a conservatory and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
1a ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 26 Jun 2022
Certificate validity
Expired on 26 June 2022
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
1 application on record at 1a, Sharpes Hill, Barrow, Bury St Edmunds, IP29 5BY
Planning Application - Erection of conservatory (following part demolition of rear extension)
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Price per m² for 1a lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,377
Street avg £2,875
Floor Area
138 m²
Street avg 115 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
2.4 t/year
Street avg 6.3 t/year
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
Sharpes Hill — bus stop.
Closest school
1.1 km
Barrow Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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