3 Borrowdale Avenue, Ipswich, IP4 2TN
About 3 Borrowdale Avenue
3 Borrowdale Avenue is a detached house in Ipswich (IP4 2TN). It has a recorded floor area of 163 m² (around 1755 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (October 2018) shows a D (score 56), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75).
Held since June 1996 — that's 30 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £585,000 sits 473.5% above the 1996 sale of £102,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£58/sq ft) was about 78.9% below the postcode norm. At 163 m² it's 19% larger than the typical home in the postcode (137 m² median across 13 EPCs). One historical planning record sits against the property in 2002.
Energy performance
3 Borrowdale Avenue's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
1 application on record at 3 Borrowdale Avenue, Ipswich, IP4 2TN
- Jun 2002ConservatoryFullOutcome in report
Extension: Two storey · Rear of property
Two storey rear extension and conservatory.
Extension- Reference
- 02/00389/FUL
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 3 Borrowdale Avenue was the lowest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£585,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£102,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
6 June 1996Most recent
£102,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in IP4 2TN: £585,000 (2025–2021).
Nearby sales in IP4 2TN
Versus other Borrowdale Avenue homes
On price per m², 3 Borrowdale Avenue runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£626
Street avg £3,390
Floor Area
163 m²
Street avg 139 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
9.3 t/year
Street avg 5.0 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Reported crime in the wider district is trending notably upward year-on-year.
Crime
9/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Borrowdale Avenue — bus stop.
Closest school
1.1 km
St Margaret's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Ipswich. 27 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.1dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.1dB







