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Get startedThe Dairy is a semi-detached house in Bardwell, Bury St. Edmunds, Bury St Edmunds (IP31 1BA). It has a recorded floor area of 270 m² (around 2906 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (October 2024) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (November 2014); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 65). Main heating runs on oil.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 3.7% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £661,000 is 10.1% below the 2025 sale of £735,000, a rare downward gap that often correlates with deferred maintenance or unfinished works. At 270 m² the property is well over the postcode median (103 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs). A recent sale: £735,000 in January 2025. Across the public record there are 6 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2004. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations.
The Dairy's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
The Dairy has a listed-building consent on record — alterations to a listed property are tightly controlled.
Listed Building Application - Retention of partition walls
Latest sale on The Dairy was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£661,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.7% per year over 23 years.
£735,000
Growth on file: 3.7% per year over 23 years.
The Dairy outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
54 (E)
Street avg 55 (D)
Floor Area
270 m²
Street avg 131 m²
CO₂ Emissions
14.0 t/year
Street avg 5.3 t/year
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
0.5 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.7dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Window efficiency improved
More low energy lighting installed
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3 January 2025Most recent
£735,000
+26.7%over 5 years26 February 2019
£580,000
+11.5%over 1 year18 July 2017
£520,000
+5.1%over 10 years3 May 2007
£495,000
-8.3%over 2 years14 October 2004
£540,000
+66.2%over 2 years14 June 2002
£325,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in IP31 1BA: £497,500 (2022–2009).
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Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
IP31 1RX
Crossroads — bus stop.
Closest school
1.4 km
Bardwell Church of England Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.7dB
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