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3 sales on record
About Rakastava House
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
Rakastava House is a four-bedroom detached house in Great Ashfield, Bury St. Edmunds, Bury St Edmunds (IP31 3HH). It has a recorded floor area of 114 m² (around 1227 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (July 2015) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from July 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 7.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £504,000 is 29.2% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£318/sq ft) was about 68.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 114 m² it sits well below the postcode median (222 m² across 6 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2018. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. 10 years since the last transfer (January 2016).
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
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms3
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Rakastava House's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 06 Jul 2025
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against Rakastava House, Elmswell Road, Great Ashfield, Bury St Edmunds, IP31 3HH, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
Rakastava House has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
- Jul 2018ExtensionOutlineFormal Approval NOT Reqd
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Notification for Prior Approval for a Proposed Larger Home Extension under Part 2, Class A of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 - Erection of single storey rear extension.
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Price for Rakastava House has grown more than fourfold since the 1996 starting point.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£504,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.6% per year over 20 years.
Last sold (2016)
£390,000
Growth on file: 7.6% per year over 20 years.
Sales timeline
Versus other Elmswell Road homes
Four headline reads against 6 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
Rakastava House is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£3,421
Street avg £3,295
Floor Area
114 m²
Street avg 205 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
Similar properties nearby
A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.
The neighbourhood at a glance
A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Bury St Edmunds district page.
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
1.0 km
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around IP31 3HH from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.0dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 13 points of interest in total.
Beautiful places to visit nearby
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