Ghent Cottage, Low Street, Bardwell, Bury St Edmunds, IP31 1AS

Ghent Cottage is a mid-terrace house in Bardwell, Bury St. Edmunds, Bury St Edmunds (IP31 1AS). It has a recorded floor area of 58 m² (around 625 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (January 2009) shows an F (score 31), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 45). The latest certificate is from January 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Untraded for 19 years, with the last transfer in May 2007. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 12.9% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £229,000 is 23.8% above the 2007 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£296/sq ft) was about 48.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 58 m² it sits well below the postcode median (133 m² across 9 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused, 2 pending. An application is currently awaiting a decision. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations.