Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
Rose Cottage is a detached house in Hawstead, Bury St. Edmunds, Bury St Edmunds (IP29 5NU). It has a recorded floor area of 185 m² (around 1991 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (June 2021) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in October 2008 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Very Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 68). Main heating runs on oil.
At 185 m² the property is well over the postcode median (128 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2001–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £910,000 is 13% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£404/sq ft) was about 85.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold September 2021 for £805,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Rose Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Certificate validity
Valid until 3 June 2031
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Window efficiency improved
Roof insulation improved
More low energy lighting installed
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Because the property was built before 1919 and has no mains gas supply, we believe a Level 3 building survey should be considered.
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2 applications on record at Rose Cottage, Bull Lane, Pinford End, Hawstead, Bury St Edmunds, IP29 5NU
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Planning Application - Erection of (i) single storey rear extension (ii) single storey garden room (following demolition of existing garage) (iii) construction of car port and garage/store (iv) construction of new pitched roofs over first floor rooms to rear elevation as amended by plan (drawing no. 562.02 F) received 15.10.08. reducing the projection of the proposed single storey kitchen/dining room rear extension.
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Sale price has grown by over 3x since 2001.
£910,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.2% per year over 21 years.
£805,000
Growth on file: 6.2% per year over 21 years.
26 September 2021Most recent
£805,000
+242.6%over 20 years28 February 2001
£235,000
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
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
Hawstead Lodge, Bull Lane, Pinford End, Hawstead, Bury St Edmunds, IP29 5NU
Sold Nov 2011
On price per m², Rose Cottage stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£4,351
Street avg £2,681
Floor Area
185 m²
Street avg 157 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
11.0 t/year
Street avg 9.9 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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