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Get startedHolly Cottage is a three-bedroom detached house in Barningham, Bury St. Edmunds, Bury St Edmunds (IP31 1BS). It has a recorded floor area of 141 m² (around 1518 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (April 2023) shows an F (score 38), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at F across 2 certificates since January 2013. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Average, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Period features are noted in the property record.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 7.7% per year against 0% for the wider region. Most recent transfer: October 2024 at £400,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused.
Holly Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Application to discharge condition 3 (visiblity splay) DC/15/0263/HH
Holly Cottage has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 2014.
£380,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.7% per year over 10 years.
£400,000
Growth on file: 7.7% per year over 10 years.
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
46.4dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Replaced storage heaters with gas boiler
Fuel source changed
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Hot water efficiency improved
Windows upgraded, improving insulation
More low energy lighting installed
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Householder Planning Application - provision of new access
22 October 2024Most recent
£400,000
+31.1%over 6 years4 January 2018
£305,000
+6.1%over 2 years22 December 2015
£287,500
+51.3%over 1 year10 October 2014
£190,000
Median price across the last 2 sales in IP31 1BS: £288,750 (2017–2014).
IP31 1BH
Royal George — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
Barningham Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School. 1 school nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.2dB
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