5 Boston Road, Ipswich, IP4 4EQ

5 Boston Road is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Ipswich (IP4 4EQ). It has a recorded floor area of 51 m² (around 552 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (October 2008) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. The latest certificate is from October 2008, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a balcony.

Held since July 2008 — that's 18 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 51 m² it's 22.3% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (66 m² median across 31 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 77% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £165,000 is 43.5% above the 2008 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£208/sq ft) was about 42.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode.