7 Lime Tree Close, Hessett, Bury St Edmunds, IP30 9AY

7 Lime Tree Close is a three-bedroom detached house in Hessett, Bury St. Edmunds, Bury St Edmunds (IP30 9AY). It has a recorded floor area of 99 m² (around 1066 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (April 2015) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (June 2014); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from April 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 99 m² it's 16.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (119 m² median across 5 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Sold December 2020 for £295,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 3 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1996–2020, sale prices on this property compounded at 6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £333,000 is 12.9% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£277/sq ft) was about 55.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode.