Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
Bull Green Cottage is a detached house in Hawstead, Bury St. Edmunds, Bury St Edmunds (IP29 5NU). It has a recorded floor area of 259 m² (around 2788 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (September 2012) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 71). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from September 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Untraded for 23 years, with the last transfer in April 2003. At 259 m² the property is well over the postcode median (128 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £838,000 sits 161.9% above the 2003 sale of £320,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£115/sq ft) was about 58% below the postcode norm. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and an annexe, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations.
Bull Green Cottage'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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 09 Sept 2022
Certificate validity
Expired on 9 September 2022
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Because the property was built before 1919, has been extended more than once, and has no mains gas supply, we believe a Level 3 building survey should be considered.
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Bull Green Cottage has 3 separate extension applications on the council record.
3 applications on record at Bull Green Cottage, Bull Lane, Pinford End, Hawstead, Bury St Edmunds, IP29 5NU
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Planning Application - Erection of single storey rear extension as amended by drawing no. 10.02 rev A received on 24.03.10 omitting rooflights and window to side elevation.
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Bull Green Cottage valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£838,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£320,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
22 April 2003Most recent
£320,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in IP29 5NU: £640,000 (2024–2011).
Willow House, Bull Lane, Pinford End, Hawstead, Bury St Edmunds, IP29 5NU
Sold Dec 2024
Rose Cottage, Bull Lane, Pinford End, Hawstead, Bury St Edmunds, IP29 5NU
Sold Sept 2021
Atherstone House, Bull Lane, Pinford End, Hawstead, Bury St Edmunds, IP29 5NU
Sold Jul 2020
Hammonds Barn, Bull Lane, Pinford End, Hawstead, Bury St Edmunds, IP29 5NU
Sold Jul 2013
Rabbit Hutch, Bull Lane, Pinford End, Hawstead, Bury St Edmunds, IP29 5NU
Sold Nov 2011
On price per m², Bull Green Cottage runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£1,236
Street avg £3,201
Floor Area
259 m²
Street avg 150 m²
Habitable Rooms
10 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
12.0 t/year
Street avg 9.8 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
0.1 km
Bull Lane — bus stop.
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