Bryers Farm, Whepstead Road, Hawstead, Bury St Edmunds, IP29 5NS

Bryers Farm is a four-bedroom detached house in Hawstead, Bury St. Edmunds, Bury St Edmunds (IP29 5NS). It has a recorded floor area of 185 m² (around 1991 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (July 2014) shows a G (score 8), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to F (score 36). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from July 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include outbuildings. Period features are noted in the property record. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.

It hasn't traded since September 2007, a hold of 19 years that's notably long for the area. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 185 m² the property is well over the postcode median (81 m² across 15 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Today's modelled estimate of £569,000 is 39.7% above the 2007 sale price.