Briar Cottage, Knox Lane, Bardwell, Bury St Edmunds, IP31 1AX

Briar Cottage is a semi-detached house in Bardwell, Bury St. Edmunds, Bury St Edmunds (IP31 1AX). It has a recorded floor area of 74 m² (around 797 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (April 2024) returns a high B (score 85), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. When first surveyed in April 2014 the rating was E, the property has climbed 3 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good and lighting went from Poor to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Average and main heating dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to A (score 97). Main heating runs on electricity.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 4.9% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£335/sq ft) was about 142.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. At 74 m² it sits well below the postcode median (159 m² across 8 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 88% of similar EPCs). Most recent transfer: June 2024 at £267,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property.