18 Crown Place, Woodbridge, IP12 1BU

18 Crown Place is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Woodbridge (IP12 1BU). It has a recorded floor area of 166 m² (around 1787 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (January 2014) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in July 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from January 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record.

Held since April 2010 — that's 16 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 10.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £493,000 sits 68.5% above the 2010 sale of £292,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£164/sq ft) was about 40.8% below the postcode norm. At 166 m² the property is well over the postcode median (86 m² across 21 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock.