Bramble Cottage, Heath Road, Hessett, Bury St Edmunds, IP30 9BJ

Bramble Cottage is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Hessett, Bury St. Edmunds, Bury St Edmunds (IP30 9BJ). It has a recorded floor area of 57 m² (around 614 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (April 2019) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 3 certificates since March 2009. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include a conservatory. Period features are noted in the property record.

At 57 m² it sits well below the postcode median (110 m² across 17 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Today's modelled estimate of £239,000 is 27.5% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£306/sq ft) was about 33.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: September 2021 at £187,500. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.