5 Gainsborough Road, Sudbury, CO10 2HT
About 5 Gainsborough Road
5 Gainsborough Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Sudbury (CO10 2HT). It has a recorded floor area of 131 m² (around 1407 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (September 2011) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 55). The latest certificate is from September 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 131 m² the property is well over the postcode median (84 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 1999–2014, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £312,000 sits 74.8% above the 2014 sale of £178,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£127/sq ft) was about 35.3% below the postcode norm. 12 years since the last transfer (January 2014). Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
Energy performance
5 Gainsborough Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 14 Sept 2021
EPC Rating
Planning history
5 Gainsborough Road has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
2applications of note in the surrounding area
Sales history & valuation
Sale price has at least doubled since 1999.
£312,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.1% per year over 15 years.
£178,500
Growth on file: 7.1% per year over 15 years.
Sales timeline
31 January 2014Most recent
£178,500
+5.0%over 6 years15 August 2007
£170,000
+67.5%over 6 years24 August 2000
£101,500
+57.4%over 1 year30 March 1999
£64,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO10 2HT: £327,000 (2023–2019).
Nearby sales in CO10 2HT
32 Gainsborough Road, Sudbury, CO10 2HT
Sold Aug 2023
£385,00020 Gainsborough Road, Sudbury, CO10 2HT
Sold Mar 2022
£425,00028 Gainsborough Road, Sudbury, CO10 2HT
Sold Nov 2021
£213,00030 Gainsborough Road, Sudbury, CO10 2HT
Sold Sept 2021
£282,00024 Gainsborough Road, Sudbury, CO10 2HT
Sold Jul 2019
£240,000
Versus other Gainsborough Road homes
On price per m², 5 Gainsborough Road runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£1,365
Street avg £2,882
Floor Area
131 m²
Street avg 96 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
8.2 t/year
Street avg 5.8 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
York Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School. 8 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.7dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.8dB







