17b, Northgate Street, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 1HP

17b is a three-bedroom detached house in Bury St Edmunds (IP33 1HP). It has a recorded floor area of 108 m² (around 1163 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (August 2025) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. When first surveyed in April 2014 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Average; while roof efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and window efficiency dropped from Average to Poor.

3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. At 108 m² it's 26.3% larger than the typical home in the postcode (86 m² median across 18 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 78% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £461,000 is 45.2% above the 2014 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£273/sq ft) was about 27.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last changed hands 12 years ago, in July 2014.