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Get startedAlma Cottage is a three-bedroom detached house in Ashbocking, Ipswich, Ipswich (IP6 9JX). It has a recorded floor area of 137 m² (around 1475 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1967-1975. The latest certificate (September 2013) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from September 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
It hasn't traded since September 2005, a hold of 21 years that's notably long for the area. Sale prices here have outpaced Ipswich HPI: 13.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £476,000 sits 74.7% above the 2005 sale of £272,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£185/sq ft) was about 22.1% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: a garage conversion approved in 2025. Past consents include a garage conversion and an annexe, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 26 Sept 2023
Householder Application - Conversion of garage to annexe for family members.
Alma Cottage's estimated value is more than triple its earliest registered sale price (2000).
£476,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 13.3% per year over 5 years.
£272,500
Growth on file: 13.3% per year over 5 years.
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Years Held for Alma Cottage runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£1,989
Street avg £2,817
Floor Area
137 m²
Street avg 153 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 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
0.2 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.7dB

23 September 2005Most recent
£272,500
+21.1%over 2 years8 November 2002
£225,000
+56.8%over 2 years2 August 2000
£143,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in IP6 9JX: £412,500 (2023–2016).
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Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.2 t/year
Street avg 7.5 t/year
IP6 9JT
Millfield — bus stop.
Closest school
2.2 km
Witnesham Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.5dB