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About Sunset Cottage
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
Sunset Cottage is a three-bedroom detached house in Barking, Ipswich, Ipswich (IP6 8HU). It has a recorded floor area of 138 m² (around 1485 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (January 2023) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
Sale prices here have outpaced Ipswich HPI: 4.7% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£360/sq ft) was about 51.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 138 m² it's 24.3% larger than the typical home in the postcode (111 m² median across 15 EPCs). Last sale on file: £535,000 in September 2024.
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
- Bedrooms3
- Dining roomYes
Building
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Sunset Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
E
E48
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Oil
Hot Water
Average
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
8.5 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.
Sunset Cottage has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 2003.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£535,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.7% per year over 21 years.
Last sold (2024)
£535,000
Growth on file: 4.7% per year over 21 years.
Sales timeline
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The complete analysis of Sunset Cottage, The Tye, Barking, Ipswich, IP6 8HU
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Versus other The Tye homes
Four headline reads against 13 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
Sunset Cottage is notably below the street on years held.
Price per m²
£3,877
Street avg £3,266
Floor Area
138 m²
Street avg 115 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 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
A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Ipswich district page.
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
0.3 km
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around IP6 8HU from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.0dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 15 points of interest in total.
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