Gable End, The Tye, Barking, Ipswich, IP6 8HU

Gable End is a three-bedroom detached house in Barking, Ipswich, Ipswich (IP6 8HU). It has a recorded floor area of 139 m² (around 1496 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band D. The property has solar panels on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Other recorded features include notable views, a conservatory, a self-contained annexe and outbuildings. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy. The latest certificate (November 2015) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 57). Main heating runs on bulk wood pellets. The latest certificate is from November 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It hasn't traded since December 2005, a hold of 20 years that's notably long for the area. Sale prices here have lagged Ipswich HPI: -1.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £419,000 sits 73.1% above the 2005 sale of £242,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£162/sq ft) was about 41.3% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an annexe approved in 2023. Past consents include an annexe and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 139 m² it's 25.2% larger than the typical home in the postcode (111 m² median across 15 EPCs).