1a, Sharpes Hill, Barrow, Bury St Edmunds, IP29 5BY

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.