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Get startedBankside is a detached house in Little Blakenham, Ipswich, Ipswich (IP8 4NG). It has a recorded floor area of 171 m² (around 1841 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (September 2021) shows a G (score 17), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it F (January 2018); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 67), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on lpg.
At 171 m² the property is well over the postcode median (83 m² across 3 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Sale prices here have lagged Ipswich HPI: -37.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £382,000 sits 594.5% above the 2021 sale of £55,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£30/sq ft) was about 87% below the postcode norm. Sold February 2021 for £55,000. 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 2024.
Bankside's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Planning Application. Erection of stables and construction of menage.
Bankside saw 3 transfers in just over a decade — high turnover for the postcode.
£382,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of -37.2% per year over 3 years.
£55,000
Growth on file: -37.2% per year over 3 years.
On price per m², Bankside runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£322
Street avg £2,244
Floor Area
171 m²
Street avg 91 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.5 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.0dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Changed to a more efficient fuel source
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Hot water efficiency decreased
Single glazing replaced with double or better glazing
More low energy lighting installed
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3 February 2021Most recent
£55,000
-80.4%over 1 year2 August 2019
£280,000
+30.2%over 1 year2 March 2018
£215,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in IP8 4NG: £205,000 (2024–2008).
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Sold Apr 2008
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
9.6 t/year
Street avg 8.1 t/year
IP8 4AT
The Beeches — bus stop.
Closest school
1.3 km
Somersham Primary School. 1 school nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.7dB
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