Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
5 The West Front is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Bury St Edmunds (IP33 1RS). It has a recorded floor area of 125 m² (around 1348 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band E. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. The latest certificate (June 2009) shows a C (score 79), near the top of the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 81). The latest certificate is from June 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 125 m² it sits well below the postcode median (183 m² across 8 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. One planning record on file: new windows approved in 2008. Past consents include new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£419/sq ft) was about 47.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: November 2018 at £565,000.
5 The West Front ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.
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Certificate validity
Expired on 2 June 2019
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5 The West Front has a listed-building consent on record — alterations to a listed property are tightly controlled.
1 application on record at 5 The West Front, The Great Churchyard, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 1RS
Listed Building Application - Insertion of single glazed window into front door
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5 The West Front's sale-price growth has lagged the wider UK trajectory across its history on file.
£609,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£565,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
9 November 2018Most recent
£565,000
+7.6%over 8 years2 December 2009
£525,000
-7.1%over 2 years16 November 2007
£565,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in IP33 1RS: £525,000 (2025–2024).
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5 The West Front outperforms the street on epc rating by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,511
Street avg £4,779
Floor Area
125 m²
Street avg 189 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
2.8 t/year
Street avg 8.7 t/year
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134/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Chequer Square — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Guildhall Feoffment Community Primary School. 16 schools nearby.
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