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

Vine Cottage is a detached house in Bardwell, Bury St. Edmunds, Bury St Edmunds (IP31 1AX). It has a recorded floor area of 153 m² (around 1647 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (December 2015) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 98), a 4-band jump. The latest certificate is from December 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since August 2008 — that's 18 years off the open market, well above the local norm. 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: 13.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £380,000 sits 137.5% above the 2008 sale of £160,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£97/sq ft) was about 39.5% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 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.