Mill Cottage, Hunston Road, Badwell Ash, Bury St Edmunds, IP31 3DJ

Mill Cottage is a detached house in Badwell Ash, Bury St. Edmunds, Bury St Edmunds (IP31 3DJ). It has a recorded floor area of 293 m² (around 3154 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (July 2019) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since March 2009. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 70), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 8.7% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £709,000 is 35% below the 2020 sale of £1,090,000, a rare downward gap that often correlates with deferred maintenance or unfinished works. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£346/sq ft) was about 43.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 293 m² the property is well over the postcode median (91 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sale on file: £1,090,000 in July 2020.