18 Chatsworth Drive, Rushmere St Andrew, Ipswich, IP4 5XA
About 18 Chatsworth Drive
18 Chatsworth Drive is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Rushmere St. Andrew, Ipswich, Ipswich (IP4 5XA). It has a recorded floor area of 94 m² (around 1012 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (February 2017) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump.
One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2008. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 88% of similar EPCs). Across 1997–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.7% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£287/sq ft) was about 39.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: August 2021 at £290,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
Council records include a two-storey side extension at 18 Chatsworth Drive.
1 application on record at 18 Chatsworth Drive, Rushmere St Andrew, Ipswich, IP4 5XA
- Jun 2008ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Two storey · Side of property
Erection of two storey side extension
- Documents
- 2 docs on file
- Reference
- C/08/0973
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Sales history & valuation
Price for 18 Chatsworth Drive has grown more than fourfold since the 1997 starting point.
£310,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.7% per year over 24 years.
£290,000
Growth on file: 6.7% per year over 24 years.
Sales timeline
19 August 2021Most recent
£290,000
+81.3%over 15 years17 August 2006
£160,000
+166.7%over 9 years6 April 1997
£59,999
Median price across the last 5 sales in IP4 5XA: £300,000 (2025–2020).
Nearby sales in IP4 5XA
24 Chatsworth Drive, Rushmere St Andrew, Ipswich, IP4 5XA
Sold Aug 2025
£367,50023 Chatsworth Drive, Rushmere St Andrew, Ipswich, IP4 5XA
Sold Dec 2024
£310,00019 Chatsworth Drive, Rushmere St Andrew, Ipswich, IP4 5XA
Sold Dec 2023
£300,00065 Chatsworth Drive, Rushmere St Andrew, Ipswich, IP4 5XA
Sold Mar 2021
£275,0009 Chatsworth Drive, Rushmere St Andrew, Ipswich, IP4 5XA
Sold Aug 2020
£290,000
Versus other Chatsworth Drive homes
On epc rating, 18 Chatsworth Drive runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,085
Street avg £2,599
Floor Area
94 m²
Street avg 95 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.6 t/year
Street avg 3.8 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
0.2 km
Golf Hotel — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Broke Hall Community Primary School. 18 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.4dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.2dB







