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EPC B
About 20 Chainhouse Road
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
20 Chainhouse Road is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Needham Market, Ipswich, Ipswich (IP6 8EP). It has a recorded floor area of 102 m² (around 1098 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (July 2021) returns a B (score 83), comfortably above the UK average. When first surveyed in March 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 3 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good, window efficiency went from Average to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor. The property has solar panels on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal.
Sale prices here have outpaced Ipswich HPI: 2.9% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£255/sq ft) was about 31.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 102 m² the property is well over the postcode median (77 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Most recent transfer: June 2022 at £280,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
- Open-plan layoutYes
- Utility roomYes
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
20 Chainhouse Road ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.
Current Certificate(1 of 2)
Jul 2021
EPC Rating
A
B
B83
C
D
E
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Good
CO2 Emissions
2.3 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£301,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 2.9% per year over 15 years.
Last sold (2022)
£280,000
Growth on file: 2.9% per year over 15 years.
Sales timeline
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The complete analysis of 20 Chainhouse Road, Needham Market, Ipswich, IP6 8EP
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Versus other Chainhouse Road homes
Four headline reads against 11 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
EPC Rating for 20 Chainhouse Road runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,745
Street avg £2,554
Floor Area
102 m²
Street avg 93 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Similar properties nearby
A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.
The neighbourhood at a glance
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Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.0 km
Hargrave Avenue — bus stop.
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around IP6 8EP from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.2dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 32 points of interest in total.
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