Red House Farm, Duke Street, Hintlesham, Ipswich, IP8 3PW

Red House Farm is a four-bedroom detached house in Hintlesham, Ipswich, Ipswich (IP8 3PW). It has a recorded floor area of 215 m² (around 2315 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (December 2011) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 56). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from December 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since August 2004 — that's 22 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 215 m² the property is well over the postcode median (143 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 70% of similar EPCs). 12 planning records sit against the property, 9 approved, 3 refused. Past consents include change of use to residential, an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £810,000 is 48.6% above the 2004 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£235/sq ft) was about 23% below the postcode norm.