Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
Hardwick Game Farm is a detached house in Bury St Edmunds (IP29 5NY). It has a recorded floor area of 65 m² (around 700 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (August 2023) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in December 2008 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 100), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 65 m² it sits well below the postcode median (175 m² across 10 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. One planning record on file: tree works refused in 2020.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Certificate validity
Valid until 9 August 2033
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Hot water system upgraded
Wall 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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1 application on record at Hardwick Game Farm, Horsecroft, Bury St Edmunds, IP29 5NY
TPO 028 (1960) Tree Preservation Order - 1no. Oak (T1 on plan) 2no. Sycamore (T2 and T3 on plan) and 1no. London Plane (T4 on plan) fell
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Hardwick Game Farm has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£602,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 4 sales in IP29 5NY: £535,250 (2024–1996).
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Sold May 2015
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Sold Aug 1996
Hardwick Game Farm is notably below the street on floor area.
EPC Rating
44 (E)
Street avg 48 (E)
Floor Area
65 m²
Street avg 187 m²
CO₂ Emissions
5.6 t/year
Street avg 10.0 t/year
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
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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
1.1 km
West Suffolk Hospital — bus stop.
Closest school
1.7 km
Westgate Community Primary School and Nursery. 9 schools nearby.
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