Beech Cottage, Redhill Road, Aldham, Ipswich, IP7 6NR

Beech Cottage is a five-bedroom detached house in Aldham, Ipswich, Ipswich (IP7 6NR). It has a recorded floor area of 295 m² (around 3175 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (April 2022) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (September 2011); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 64). Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe and attached land beyond the plot.

At 295 m² the property is well over the postcode median (139 m² across 6 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Most recent transfer: February 2021 at £800,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2007. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1997–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £917,000 is 14.6% above the 2021 sale price.