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Get started29 Downing Drive is a four-bedroom detached house in Great Barton, Bury St. Edmunds, Bury St Edmunds (IP31 2RP). It has a recorded floor area of 77 m² (around 827 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (October 2010) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 61). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from October 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 6.8% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £426,000 is 18.3% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£435/sq ft) was about 124.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 77 m² it sits well below the postcode median (122 m² across 18 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Most recent transfer: December 2019 at £360,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2021. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
29 Downing Drive sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 07 Oct 2020
Extension: Rear of property
Householder planning application - a. porch to front elevation, b. part two and single storey rear extension, c. two roof lights
Price for 29 Downing Drive has grown more than fourfold since the 1996 starting point.
£426,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.8% per year over 23 years.
£360,000
Growth on file: 6.8% per year over 23 years.
Price per m² for 29 Downing Drive runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,684
Street avg £2,682
Floor Area
77 m²
Street avg 120 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
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
0.2 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.9dB

19 December 2019Most recent
£360,000
+12.5%over 3 years27 May 2016
£320,000
+240.4%over 17 years30 November 1998
£94,000
+19.0%over 2 years21 October 1996
£79,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in IP31 2RP: £427,000 (2024–2020).
21 Downing Drive Great Barton Bury St Edmunds
Sold Oct 2024
26 Downing Drive Great Barton Bury St Edmunds
Sold Feb 2024
25 Downing Drive Great Barton Bury St Edmunds
Sold Mar 2020
1 Downing Drive Great Barton Bury St Edmunds
Sold Oct 2019
9 Downing Drive Great Barton Bury St Edmunds
Sold Jun 2017
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
8.4 t/year
Street avg 4.9 t/year
IP31 2FA
Free Church — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Great Barton Church of England Primary Academy. 2 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.9dB
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