Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
3 Old Mill Cottages is a detached house in Cockfield, Bury St. Edmunds, Bury St Edmunds (IP30 0LG). It has a recorded floor area of 210 m² (around 2260 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (February 2014) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 67). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from February 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Held since January 2000 — that's 27 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 210 m² the property is well over the postcode median (134 m² across 21 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 71% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £408,000 sits 320.6% above the 2000 sale of £97,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£43/sq ft) was about 78.9% below the postcode norm.
3 Old Mill Cottages'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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 11 Feb 2024
Certificate validity
Expired on 11 February 2024
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3 Old Mill Cottages has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
1 notable application nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
3 Old Mill Cottages's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (2000).
£408,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£97,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
14 January 2000Most recent
£97,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in IP30 0LG: £725,000 (2024–2021).
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Sold Feb 2023
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Sold Apr 2022
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Sold Nov 2021
On price per m², 3 Old Mill Cottages runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£462
Street avg £2,726
Floor Area
210 m²
Street avg 162 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
9.8 t/year
Street avg 5.7 t/year
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Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
48/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.0 km
Old Hall Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
1.0 km
Cockfield Church of England Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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