4 Chainhouse Road, Needham Market, Ipswich, IP6 8EP

4 Chainhouse Road is a four-bedroom detached house in Needham Market, Ipswich, Ipswich (IP6 8EP). It has a recorded floor area of 115 m² (around 1238 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (February 2023) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since March 2013. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Poor; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump.

Held since November 1995 — that's 31 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 115 m² the property is well over the postcode median (77 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £327,000 sits 384.4% above the 1995 sale of £67,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£55/sq ft) was about 72% below the postcode norm.