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Get started3 Hill Farm Cottages is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Akenham, Ipswich, Ipswich (IP6 0HH). It has a recorded floor area of 111 m² (around 1195 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (February 2015) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (March 2013); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 97), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from February 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include outbuildings.
Sale prices here have outpaced Ipswich HPI: 4.8% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£331/sq ft) was about 102.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2014. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Sold November 2022 for £395,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
3 Hill Farm Cottages's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 06 Feb 2025
Extension: Single storey
Erection of first floor level rear extension, single storey side extension and front elevation porch. Installation of flue to rear elevation.
3 Hill Farm Cottages has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 2002.
£376,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.8% per year over 20 years.
£395,000
Growth on file: 4.8% per year over 20 years.
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Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
1.1 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.9dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
More low energy lighting installed
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25 November 2022Most recent
£395,000
+113.5%over 9 years4 September 2013
£185,000
+19.4%over 10 years16 December 2002
£155,000
Median price across the last 3 sales in IP6 0HH: £218,000 (2021–2001).
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IP6 0SR
Defoe Road — bus stop.
Closest school
1.4 km
Ormiston Endeavour Academy. 9 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.8dB