Are you a property professional?Get qualified leads from motivated homeowners.
Get started8 Black Barn Close, Lower Somersham, Ipswich, IP8 4PX
Notable views
About 8 Black Barn Close
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
8 Black Barn Close is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Lower Somersham, Ipswich, Ipswich (IP8 4PX). It has a recorded floor area of 84 m² (around 904 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band B. Other recorded features include notable views. The latest certificate (November 2023) shows a C (score 73). The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 85).
Sale prices here have outpaced Ipswich HPI: 2.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£271/sq ft) was about 39.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 84 m² it's 18% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (103 m² median across 16 EPCs). Sold August 2024 for £245,000.
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
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms2
- Open-plan layoutYes
- Dining roomYes
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
EPC Rating
A
B
C
C73
D
E
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Good
CO2 Emissions
2.5 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£253,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 2.3% per year over 19 years.
Last sold (2024)
£245,000
Growth on file: 2.3% per year over 19 years.
Sales timeline
Versus other Black Barn Close homes
Four headline reads against 13 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
Years Held for 8 Black Barn Close lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,917
Street avg £2,394
Floor Area
84 m²
Street avg 110 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 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
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.3 km
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around IP8 4PX 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 — 10 points of interest in total.
Beautiful places to visit nearby
Curated scenic spots within reach of this postcode, served by Beautifulplaces.ai. Photography and tagging come from their open dataset.
Common questions
The questions buyers, sellers and homeowners most often ask about 8 Black Barn Close, Lower Somersham, Ipswich, IP8 4PX. Each answer is also embedded as structured data for search engines.