3 School Cottages, Hargrave, Bury St Edmunds, IP29 5HR

3 School Cottages is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Hargrave, Bury St. Edmunds, Bury St Edmunds (IP29 5HR). It has a recorded floor area of 118 m² (around 1270 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (February 2026) shows a C (score 70). When first surveyed in June 2020 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Average to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average and main heating went from Poor to Average; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. Main heating runs on oil. This certificate was lodged in the last six months, so the rating reflects current condition.

Sold January 2021 for £255,000. Across the public record there are 6 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2022. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 118 m² it's 30% larger than the typical home in the postcode (91 m² median across 9 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 78% of similar EPCs). Across 1999–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £295,000 is 15.7% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£201/sq ft) was about 31.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode.