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About 2 Avenue Cottage
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
2 Avenue Cottage is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Walsham-Le-Willows, Bury St. Edmunds, Bury St Edmunds (IP31 3AZ). It has a recorded floor area of 64 m² (around 689 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (August 2021) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 6.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£508/sq ft) was about 169.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 8 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an annexe, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. At 64 m² it sits well below the postcode median (100 m² across 3 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Last sale on file: £350,000 in February 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.
Inside
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms1
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
E
E50
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Oil
Hot Water
Poor
Windows
Very Poor
CO2 Emissions
4.8 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against 2 Avenue Cottage, The Street, Walsham Le Willows, Bury St Edmunds, IP31 3AZ, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
2 Avenue Cottage has been through 4 approved planning applications — a well-evolved property.
- Aug 2025Tree WorksTreesRaise No Objection
Notification of works to trees in a Conservation Area - Trim foliage of the Lime tree that is on the plan back to the trunk where it was previously trimmed back to 3 years ago so it does not block the light to our neighbours garden
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
2 Avenue Cottage has more than tripled in price since its earliest registered sale in 2001.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£368,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.4% per year over 20 years.
Last sold (2022)
£350,000
Growth on file: 6.4% per year over 20 years.
Sales timeline
Versus other The Street homes
Four headline reads against 3 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
2 Avenue Cottage outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£5,469
Street avg £3,055
Floor Area
64 m²
Street avg 132 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
0.2 km
Road noise across the postcode
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Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.0dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 14 points of interest in total.
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