3 Albert Crescent, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 3DX

3 Albert Crescent is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Bury St Edmunds (IP33 3DX). It has a recorded floor area of 169 m² (around 1819 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (April 2013) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since March 2009. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Poor; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and window efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 69), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from April 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a basement. Period features are noted in the property record.

At 169 m² the property is well over the postcode median (110 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 70% of similar EPCs). 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. 3 planning records sit against the property, 1 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. Last sold in November 2014, so it's been off the market for around 12 years. Across 2003–2014, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £516,000 is 27.3% above the 2014 sale price.