Flat 2, 91 Northgate Street, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 1HY

Flat 2 is a semi-detached house in Bury St Edmunds (IP33 1HY). It has a recorded floor area of 63 m² (around 678 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (December 2025) shows a D (score 56), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in October 2008 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Average; while main heating dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76). Main heating runs on electricity. This certificate was lodged in the last six months, so the rating reflects current condition. At 63 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 4 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 58–107 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to B, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (56 versus a best of 81).

Across 1996–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £179,000 is 22.2% below the 2021 sale of £230,000, an unusual pattern given regional price growth and worth checking against the EPC condition. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£339/sq ft) was about 142.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: June 2021 at £230,000. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. At 63 m² it's 16% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (75 m² median across 32 EPCs).