59 Defoe Road, Ipswich, IP1 6SN

59 Defoe Road is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Ipswich (IP1 6SN). It has a recorded floor area of 83 m² (around 893 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (April 2020) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since July 2009. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average and lighting dropped from Very Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump.

Untraded for 21 years, with the last transfer in May 2005. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. At 83 m² the property is well over the postcode median (60 m² across 33 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 73% of similar EPCs). Across 1998–2005, sale prices on this property compounded at 12.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £215,000 sits 115% above the 2005 sale of £100,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£112/sq ft) was about 15.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode.