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3 sales on record
About 1 Lime Tree Cottages
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
1 Lime Tree Cottages is a semi-detached house in Walsham-Le-Willows, Bury St. Edmunds, Bury St Edmunds (IP31 3AA). It has a recorded floor area of 42 m² (around 452 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (August 2022) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in April 2010 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average, lighting went from Good to Very Good and main heating went from Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 96), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 6.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£487/sq ft) was about 76.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 42 m² it's 26.3% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (57 m² median across 7 EPCs). Most recent transfer: December 2022 at £220,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
1 Lime Tree Cottages's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Current Certificate(1 of 2)
Aug 2022
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
E
E40
F
G
Main Heating
Electric
Main Fuel
Electric
Hot Water
Average
Windows
Very Poor
CO2 Emissions
6.2 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
1 Lime Tree Cottages saw 3 transfers in just over a decade — high turnover for the postcode.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£227,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.3% per year over 8 years.
Last sold (2022)
£220,000
Growth on file: 6.3% per year over 8 years.
Sales timeline
Versus other The Street homes
Four headline reads against 7 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
Price per m² for 1 Lime Tree Cottages runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£5,238
Street avg £3,507
Floor Area
42 m²
Street avg 78 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Similar properties nearby
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The neighbourhood at a glance
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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
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around IP31 3AA from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.7dB
Everything within walking distance
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