Roundwood House, Windsor Green, Cockfield, Bury St Edmunds, IP30 0LY

Roundwood House is a five-bedroom detached house in Cockfield, Bury St. Edmunds, Bury St Edmunds (IP30 0LY). It has a recorded floor area of 238 m² (around 2562 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (September 2020) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in March 2017 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 57). Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe. Period features are noted in the property record.

Held since December 1996 — that's 29 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 238 m² the property is well over the postcode median (129 m² across 22 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £724,000 sits 295.6% above the 1996 sale of £183,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£71/sq ft) was about 69.9% below the postcode norm. 10 planning records sit against the property, 6 approved, 4 refused. Past consents include an extension, a porch and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations.