147 Cemetery Road, Ipswich, IP4 2HL

147 Cemetery Road is an end-of-terrace house in Ipswich (IP4 2HL). It has a recorded floor area of 40 m² (around 431 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (April 2024) shows an F (score 21), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on to be used only when there is no heating/hot. At 40 m² this is the 3rd smallest of 43 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 34–134 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to B, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (21 versus a best of 89).

It hasn't traded since November 2002, a hold of 24 years that's notably long for the area. At 40 m² it sits well below the postcode median (104 m² across 42 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1999–2002, sale prices on this property compounded at 25.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £117,000 is 47.2% above the 2002 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£185/sq ft) was about 36.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode.