6 Castle Road, Ipswich, IP1 5DY

6 Castle Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Ipswich (IP1 5DY). It has a recorded floor area of 123 m² (around 1324 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (February 2016) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since February 2015. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and lighting dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 69), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from February 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record.

Most recent transfer: April 2021 at £269,500. 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 123 m² it's 24.9% larger than the typical home in the postcode (99 m² median across 12 EPCs). Across 1998–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £302,000 is 12.1% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£204/sq ft) was about 22.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode.