174 Ranelagh Road, Ipswich, IP2 0AB

174 Ranelagh Road is a mid-terrace house in Ipswich (IP2 0AB). It has a recorded floor area of 37 m² (around 398 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2007 onwards and council tax band C. At 37 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (37–136 m²). The building's EPC ratings span D to B, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (March 2023) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it B (February 2010); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average and hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76). Main heating runs on electricity.

Sale prices here have outpaced Ipswich HPI: 2.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £149,000 is 17.7% below the 2021 sale of £181,000, below the original sale price, which typically signals condition or completion-status changes worth verifying. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£454/sq ft) was about 375.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 37 m² it sits well below the postcode median (93 m² across 26 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 77% of similar EPCs). Last sale on file: £181,000 in May 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2021.