Beech Cottage, Sudbury Road, Sicklesmere, Bury St Edmunds, IP30 0TJ

Beech Cottage is a detached house in Sicklesmere, Bury St. Edmunds, Bury St Edmunds (IP30 0TJ). It has a recorded floor area of 152 m² (around 1636 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (March 2014) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in May 2013 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, roof efficiency went from Average to Very Good and window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from March 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It hasn't traded since August 1999, a hold of 27 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £530,000 sits 191.2% above the 1999 sale of £182,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£111/sq ft) was about 32.5% below the postcode norm. 6 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations.