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About 4 Hill Cottages
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
4 Hill Cottages is an end-of-terrace house in Bardwell, Bury St. Edmunds, Bury St Edmunds (IP31 1AL). It has a recorded floor area of 84 m² (around 904 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (April 2018) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 87), a 3-band jump.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 2.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£293/sq ft) was about 85.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer was February 2025 at £265,000 — fresh data. At 84 m² it sits well below the postcode median (126 m² across 8 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs).
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
E
E54
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Poor
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
5.3 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£263,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 2.2% per year over 5 years.
Last sold (2025)
£265,000
Growth on file: 2.2% per year over 5 years.
Sales timeline
Versus other Quaker Lane homes
Four headline reads against 8 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
4 Hill Cottages outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,155
Street avg £1,887
Floor Area
84 m²
Street avg 127 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Similar properties nearby
A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.
The neighbourhood at a glance
A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Bury St Edmunds district page.
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.0 km
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around IP31 1AL from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.2dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 24 points of interest in total.
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