2 Beresford Cottage, Ashfield Road, Elmswell, Bury St Edmunds, IP30 9HG

2 Beresford Cottage is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Elmswell, Bury St. Edmunds, Bury St Edmunds (IP30 9HG). It has a recorded floor area of 69 m² (around 743 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (October 2018) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since October 2008. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and main heating dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

Held since December 1999 — that's 26 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across 1997–1999, sale prices on this property compounded at 1.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £196,000 sits 308.3% above the 1999 sale of £48,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£65/sq ft) was about 67.9% below the postcode norm. At 69 m² it's 17.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (84 m² median across 38 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 82% of similar EPCs).