Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
3 Almshouses is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Nowton, Bury St. Edmunds, Bury St Edmunds (IP29 5LZ). It has a recorded floor area of 78 m² (around 840 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (February 2013) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since February 2013. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 93), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from February 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Today's modelled estimate of £281,000 is 22.2% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£274/sq ft) was about 16.5% below the postcode norm. At 78 m² it's 23.2% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (102 m² median across 6 EPCs). Last sale on file: £230,000 in June 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
3 Almshouses's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 26 Feb 2023
Certificate validity
Expired on 26 February 2023
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Loft insulation installed or upgraded to 250mm+
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Because the property was built before 1919, has no mains gas supply, and has solid (non-cavity) walls, we believe a Level 3 building survey should be considered.
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3 Almshouses has no planning applications on record.
A planning report still maps activity across the surrounding area and reads this property's extension & conversion potential.
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£281,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£230,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
29 June 2021Most recent
£230,000
Median price across the last 3 sales in IP29 5LZ: £265,000 (2021–2019).
Price per m²
£2,949
Street avg £3,251
Floor Area
78 m²
Street avg 131 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.2 t/year
Street avg 9.6 t/year
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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
0.9 km
Cricket Club — bus stop.
Closest school
2.3 km
Hardwick Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
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