Forge Cottage, Great Green, Cockfield, Bury St Edmunds, IP30 0HJ

Forge Cottage is a detached house in Cockfield, Bury St. Edmunds, Bury St Edmunds (IP30 0HJ). It has a recorded floor area of 132 m² (around 1420 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (August 2009) shows a G (score 18), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to F (score 32). Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from August 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since November 2009 — that's 17 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £451,000 sits 64% above the 2009 sale of £275,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£194/sq ft) was about 23% below the postcode norm. 9 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations.