Ling Covert Cottage, Culford Heath, Ingham, Bury St Edmunds, IP31 1PP

Ling Covert Cottage is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Ingham, Bury St. Edmunds, Bury St Edmunds (IP31 1PP). It has a recorded floor area of 136 m² (around 1464 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (March 2025) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in January 2015 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good, lighting went from Good to Very Good and main heating went from Very Poor to Average; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 94), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. Other recorded features include notable views. Period features are noted in the property record. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 6.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £507,000 is 11.8% below the 2025 sale of £575,000, a rare downward gap that often correlates with deferred maintenance or unfinished works. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£393/sq ft) was about 145.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. It changed hands recently, sold April 2025 for £575,000. At 136 m² it's 28.9% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (191 m² median across 4 EPCs). One historical planning record sits against the property in 2014.