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Get started1 Laundry Cottages is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Great Barton, Bury St. Edmunds, Bury St Edmunds (IP31 2SB). It has a recorded floor area of 59 m² (around 635 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (February 2019) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in February 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average, roof efficiency went from Average to Good and window efficiency went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 87), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 8.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £260,000 is 35.1% above the 2014 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£303/sq ft) was about 28.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 59 m² it sits well below the postcode median (215 m² across 13 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 2 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. Last sold in September 2014, so it's been off the market for around 12 years. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
1 Laundry Cottages has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1996.
£260,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.5% per year over 18 years.
£192,500
Growth on file: 8.5% per year over 18 years.
On floor area, 1 Laundry Cottages runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,263
Street avg £3,323
Floor Area
59 m²
Street avg 243 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 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
0.3 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.6dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Window efficiency improved
Cavity wall insulation installed
Roof insulation improved
More low energy lighting installed
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23 September 2014Most recent
£192,500
+10.0%over 3 years16 September 2011
£175,000
+191.9%over 14 years28 February 1997
£59,950
+36.3%over 7 months8 August 1996
£44,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in IP31 2SB: £885,000 (2025–2022).
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Sold Oct 2025
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Sold Sept 2024
2 Laundry Cottages Livermere Road Great Barton Bury St Edmunds
Sold Nov 2023
Changeways Livermere Road Great Barton Bury St Edmunds
Sold Jul 2022
Cotswold Livermere Road Great Barton Bury St Edmunds
Sold Jan 2019
Street avg 8 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.6 t/year
Street avg 9.3 t/year
IP31 2HW
Bunbury Avenue — bus stop.
Closest school
0.8 km
Great Barton Church of England Primary Academy. 3 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.0dB
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