5 Hazel Rise, Claydon, Ipswich, IP6 0DB

5 Hazel Rise is a three-bedroom detached house in Claydon, Ipswich, Ipswich (IP6 0DB). It has a recorded floor area of 82 m² (around 883 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (September 2014) returns a high B (score 85), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. When first surveyed in September 2009 the rating was C, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good and window efficiency went from Average to Good. The latest certificate is from September 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory.

Held since May 2007 — that's 19 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. Sale prices here have outpaced Ipswich HPI: 11.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £311,000 sits 58.7% above the 2007 sale of £196,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£222/sq ft) was about 26.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 82 m² it's 25.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (111 m² median across 32 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2006. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.