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Get started7 School Gardens is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Great Livermere, Bury St. Edmunds, Bury St Edmunds (IP31 1JY). It has a recorded floor area of 80 m² (around 861 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (July 2025) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 3 certificates since July 2011. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include notable views. Period features are noted in the property record.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 13.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £300,000 is 25% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£279/sq ft) was about 16.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 80 m² the property is well over the postcode median (53 m² across 8 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Last sold in September 2016, so it's been off the market for around 10 years. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2008.
7 School Gardens's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Planning Application - Retention of oil storage tank in front garden
7 School Gardens changed hands twice within eighteen months — unusual for the area.
£300,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 13.2% per year over 1 year.
£240,000
Growth on file: 13.2% per year over 1 year.
7 School Gardens outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
45 (E)
Street avg 65 (D)
Floor Area
80 m²
Street avg 61 m²
CO₂ Emissions
6.4 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
0.3 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.4dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Wall insulation improved
More low energy lighting installed
Heating controls changed
Windows upgraded, improving insulation
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9 September 2016Most recent
£240,000
+19.1%over 1 year13 April 2015
£201,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in IP31 1JY: £190,000 (2024–2006).
Street avg 4.3 t/year
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 3 rooms
IP31 1NJ
Park Farm — bus stop.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.6dB
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