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Get started3 Church Lane is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Playford, Ipswich, Ipswich (IP6 9DS). It has a recorded floor area of 142 m² (around 1528 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (May 2014) shows a C (score 70). When first surveyed in February 2011 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 83). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from May 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Sale prices here have outpaced Ipswich HPI: 6.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £429,000 is 38.4% above the 2014 sale price. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 142 m² it's 18.9% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (175 m² median across 5 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 80% of similar EPCs). Last changed hands 12 years ago, in November 2014.
3 Church Lane's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 14 May 2024
To erect a one bedroom single storey self contained annex at the bottom of the garden.
3 Church Lane saw 3 transfers in just over a decade — high turnover for the postcode.
£429,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.3% per year over 9 years.
£310,000
Growth on file: 6.3% per year over 9 years.
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On price per m², 3 Church Lane runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,183
Street avg £3,362
Floor Area
142 m²
Street avg 209 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
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

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.0dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Roof insulation improved
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Erection of two-storey rear and single-storey side extensions and front porch
7 November 2014Most recent
£310,000
+11.5%over 3 years7 June 2011
£278,000
+58.9%over 5 years19 July 2005
£175,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in IP6 9DS: £705,000 (2024–2018).
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CO₂ Emissions
5.3 t/year
Street avg 8.9 t/year
IP6 9QR
Brook Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
1.2 km
Bealings School. 5 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.7dB