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Get startedPrimrose Cottage is a three-bedroom detached house in Great Ashfield, Bury St. Edmunds, Bury St Edmunds (IP31 3HT). It has a recorded floor area of 173 m² (around 1862 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (April 2015) shows an F (score 31), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from April 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include notable views.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 4% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £539,000 is 27.7% above the 2015 sale price. At 173 m² the property is well over the postcode median (105 m² across 8 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 88% of similar EPCs). 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. 11 years since the last transfer (September 2015).
Primrose Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 09 Apr 2025
Extension: Rear of property
Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for a Proposed Use or Development: Town and Country Planning Act 1990: Section 192 as amended by section 10 of the Planning and Compensation Act 1992. Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015 - Erection of single storey rear extension.
Primrose Cottage valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£539,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.0% per year over 13 years.
£422,000
Growth on file: 4.0% per year over 13 years.
Primrose Cottage is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£2,439
Street avg £2,612
Floor Area
173 m²
Street avg 117 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
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
0.0 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.1dB

Discharge of condition 3 on application 3856/16 - materials
1 more application for this property
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2 September 2015Most recent
£422,000
+65.5%over 12 years5 December 2002
£255,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in IP31 3HT: £250,000 (2018–2006).
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Sold Jul 2001
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Sold Apr 1999
CO₂ Emissions
14.0 t/year
Street avg 5.1 t/year
IP31 3DX
Maltings Farm — bus stop.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.0dB
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