Are you a property professional?Get qualified leads from motivated homeowners.
Get startedVirginia Cottage, Upper Street, Witnesham, Ipswich, IP6 9EW
Notable views
About Virginia Cottage
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
Virginia Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Witnesham, Ipswich, Ipswich (IP6 9EW). It has a recorded floor area of 157 m² (around 1690 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (February 2022) shows a D (score 56), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76). Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include notable views.
At 157 m² it's 18.9% larger than the typical home in the postcode (132 m² median across 22 EPCs). On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£402/sq ft) was about 77.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: September 2022 at £680,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2009.
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
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
- Utility roomYes
- CloakroomYes
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Virginia Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
D56
E
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Oil
Hot Water
Average
Windows
Good
CO2 Emissions
8.0 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against Virginia Cottage, Upper Street, Witnesham, Ipswich, IP6 9EW, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
- Jul 2009OutbuildingFullGranted
Erection of detached cart lodge style garage
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£691,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
Last sold (2022)
£680,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
Full property reportLaunch offer · 33% off
The complete analysis of Virginia Cottage, Upper Street, Witnesham, Ipswich, IP6 9EW
Everything we know about this property, compiled into one in-depth, downloadable report.
Versus other Upper Street homes
Four headline reads against 22 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
Virginia Cottage outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,331
Street avg £2,573
Floor Area
157 m²
Street avg 145 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 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
0.0 km
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around IP6 9EW from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.9dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 20 points of interest in total.
Common questions
The questions buyers, sellers and homeowners most often ask about Virginia Cottage, Upper Street, Witnesham, Ipswich, IP6 9EW. Each answer is also embedded as structured data for search engines.