8 Bent Lane, Rushmere St Andrew, Ipswich, IP4 5RB
About 8 Bent Lane
8 Bent Lane is a three-bedroom detached house in Rushmere St. Andrew, Ipswich, Ipswich (IP4 5RB). It has a recorded floor area of 127 m² (around 1367 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (July 2022) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 69).
One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2023. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£402/sq ft) was about 78.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £550,000 in December 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
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Energy performance
8 Bent Lane's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
1 application on record at 8 Bent Lane, Rushmere St Andrew, Ipswich, IP4 5RB
- Nov 2023DemolitionFullOutcome in report
Proposed single storey rear extension, two storey side extension, single storey side extension and new detached garage following the demolition of the existing garage
Extension- Documents
- 17 docs on file
- Reference
- DC/23/2528/FUL
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£592,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£550,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
20 December 2022Most recent
£550,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in IP4 5RB: £300,000 (2022–1997).
Versus other Bent Lane homes
On habitable rooms, 8 Bent Lane runs well behind the street norm.
EPC Rating
55 (D)
Street avg 66 (D)
Floor Area
127 m²
Street avg 140 m²
CO₂ Emissions
6.4 t/year
Street avg 5.3 t/year
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
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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
Linksfield — bus stop.
Closest school
1.0 km
St Alban's Catholic High School. 14 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.9dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.4dB