Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
18 Hambrook Close is a four-bedroom detached house in Great Whelnetham, Bury St. Edmunds, Bury St Edmunds (IP30 0UX). It has a recorded floor area of 95 m² (around 1023 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (August 2014) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 90), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from August 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
It hasn't traded since September 2000, a hold of 26 years that's notably long for the area. Across 1998–2000, sale prices on this property compounded at 32% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £331,000 sits 173.6% above the 2000 sale of £121,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£118/sq ft) was about 55.4% below the postcode norm. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs).
18 Hambrook Close'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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 04 Aug 2024
Certificate validity
Expired on 4 August 2024
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Because the property has no mains gas supply, we believe a Level 3 building survey should be considered.
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18 Hambrook Close 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.
18 Hambrook Close's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (1998).
£331,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 32.0% per year over 2 years.
£121,000
Growth on file: 32.0% per year over 2 years.
27 September 2000Most recent
£121,000
+66.9%over 1 year23 November 1998
£72,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in IP30 0UX: £364,100 (2025–2021).
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Sold Oct 2025
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Sold Dec 2024
24 Hambrook Close, Great Whelnetham, Bury St Edmunds, IP30 0UX
Sold Oct 2024
4 Hambrook Close, Great Whelnetham, Bury St Edmunds, IP30 0UX
Sold Mar 2022
17 Hambrook Close, Great Whelnetham, Bury St Edmunds, IP30 0UX
Sold Apr 2021
On price per m², 18 Hambrook Close runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£1,274
Street avg £2,974
Floor Area
95 m²
Street avg 100 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.1 t/year
Street avg 3.7 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
0.1 km
Raynsford Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.8 km
Great Whelnetham Church of England Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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