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Get started7 The Croft is a four-bedroom detached house in Bardwell, Bury St. Edmunds, Bury St Edmunds (IP31 1AN). It has a recorded floor area of 130 m² (around 1399 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The property has underfloor heating on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. The latest certificate (January 2023) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 7.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£298/sq ft) was about 73.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 130 m² the property is well over the postcode median (95 m² across 25 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an annexe, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sale on file: £416,500 in July 2023.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Planning Application - Erection of annexe accommodation following demolition of garage
Latest sale on 7 The Croft was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£406,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.5% per year over 28 years.
£416,500
Growth on file: 7.5% per year over 28 years.
7 The Croft outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,204
Street avg £2,509
Floor Area
130 m²
Street avg 113 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
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
0.1 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.8dB

Extension: Single storey · Side and rear of property
Planning Application - Erection of single storey side and rear extension to provide annexe (following demolition of garage)
25 July 2023Most recent
£416,500
+414.2%over 24 years28 October 1998
£81,000
+47.3%over 3 years1 September 1995
£55,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in IP31 1AN: £263,500 (2025–2022).
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.5 t/year
Street avg 4.7 t/year
IP31 1RX
Green — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Bardwell Church of England Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.3dB
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