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Get startedIvy Cottage, Elmswell Road, Great Ashfield, Bury St Edmunds, IP31 3HQ
8 sales on record
About Ivy Cottage
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
Ivy Cottage is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Great Ashfield, Bury St. Edmunds, Bury St Edmunds (IP31 3HQ). It has a recorded floor area of 78 m² (around 840 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (August 2020) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since May 2009. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Poor to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 5.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£336/sq ft) was about 65.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 78 m² it's 25% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (104 m² median across 13 EPCs). Most recent transfer: September 2023 at £282,500.
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
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
- Dining roomYes
- StudyYes
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Ivy Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Current Certificate(1 of 2)
Aug 2020
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
E
E39
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Oil
Hot Water
Average
Windows
Good
CO2 Emissions
7.2 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.
Price for Ivy Cottage has grown more than fourfold since the 1995 starting point.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£284,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.5% per year over 28 years.
Last sold (2023)
£282,500
Growth on file: 5.5% per year over 28 years.
Sales timeline
Versus other Elmswell Road homes
Four headline reads against 13 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
On price per m², Ivy Cottage stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£3,622
Street avg £2,469
Floor Area
78 m²
Street avg 106 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 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
0.4 km
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around IP31 3HQ from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.5dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 8 points of interest in total.
Beautiful places to visit nearby
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Common questions
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