4 Prospect Place, Melton Hill, Woodbridge, IP12 1AY

4 Prospect Place is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Woodbridge (IP12 1AY). It has a recorded floor area of 64 m² (around 689 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (June 2013) shows an F (score 36), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 4-band jump. The latest certificate is from June 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

Held since February 2007 — that's 19 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 9.9% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £261,000 sits 55.4% above the 2007 sale of £167,950. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£244/sq ft) was about 31.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 64 m² it's 15.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (76 m² median across 13 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.