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About Drapers Hill Farm
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
Drapers Hill Farm is a detached house in Stradbroke, Eye, Eye (IP21 5HX). It has a recorded floor area of 141 m² (around 1518 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (March 2020) shows an F (score 35), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 69), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 19.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £460,000 is 16.5% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£260/sq ft) was about 28.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 141 m² the property is well over the postcode median (87 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Most recent transfer: August 2022 at £395,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Drapers Hill Farm sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
E
F
F35
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Oil
Hot Water
Average
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
11.0 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Drapers Hill Farm changed hands twice within eighteen months — unusual for the area.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£460,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 19.2% per year over 1 year.
Last sold (2022)
£395,000
Growth on file: 19.2% per year over 1 year.
Sales timeline
Versus other Laxfield Road homes
Four headline reads against 10 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
Drapers Hill Farm is notably below the street on years held.
Price per m²
£2,801
Street avg £2,144
Floor Area
141 m²
Street avg 109 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
Similar properties nearby
A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.
The neighbourhood at a glance
A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Eye district page.
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Shelton Hill — bus stop.
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around IP21 5HX from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.3dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 18 points of interest in total.
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