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Get started5 Alexander Drive is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Needham Market, Ipswich, Ipswich (IP6 8XG). It has a recorded floor area of 40 m² (around 431 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (May 2019) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since March 2009. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Very Good and window efficiency went from Poor to Good; while main heating dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 95), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on to be used only when there is no heating/hot.
It hasn't traded since June 2007, a hold of 19 years that's notably long for the area. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. Sale prices here have outpaced Ipswich HPI: 12.8% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £135,000 is 39.9% above the 2007 sale price. At 40 m² it's 27.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (55 m² median across 18 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 83% of similar EPCs).
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Sale price has at least doubled since 1998.
£135,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 12.8% per year over 9 years.
£96,500
Growth on file: 12.8% per year over 9 years.
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Floor Area for 5 Alexander Drive lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,413
Street avg £3,269
Floor Area
40 m²
Street avg 71 m²
Habitable Rooms
2 rooms
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Burton Drive — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.3dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating system changed
Hot water system upgraded
Windows upgraded, improving insulation
Roof insulation improved
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29 June 2007Most recent
£96,500
+28.8%over 3 years10 October 2003
£74,950
+120.4%over 4 years6 November 1998
£34,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in IP6 8XG: £245,000 (2024–2022).
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Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
2.6 t/year
Street avg 3.4 t/year
IP6 8AG
Closest school
0.6 km
Bosmere Community Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.9dB