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Chelsea Close, Ipswich

East of England

£290,000

Listed on 01/11/2026

The listing

Property details

Bedrooms
3
Type
Semi Detached
Area
1033 sqft

Features

  • Garage
  • Garden
  • Parking

Description

This three-bedroom semi-detached house has a lounge, a separate dining room opening to a conservatory, and a fitted kitchen with high-gloss units, an integrated oven and hob, and a pantry area. A lean-to provides another route to the garden. Upstairs are three bedrooms, each with fitted storage, a family bathroom and a separate cloakroom. The entrance hall includes understairs storage. Outside, the west-facing rear garden has paved seating areas, a lawn, raised beds and a shed. A driveway runs alongside the property to a garage with power and lighting, and there is additional off-street parking at the front. The property is offered with no onward chain. The agent notes that an offer has been accepted subject to contract, although viewings are still available. The listing also states that the property is not registered at the Land Registry, so buyers should ask their conveyancer to advise on the registration process and likely timescales.

WHOTS analysis

Our WHOTS verdict

An internal assessment of the opportunity to acquire, improve and create value.

47out of 100
Grade ELow opportunity

Confidence: MEDIUM

This is a clean, usable three-bedroom semi with a good practical base: the kitchen looks relatively current, the bedrooms have fitted storage, and the driveway, garage and west-facing garden add appeal. The main scope is a light refresh of older decorative finishes and flooring, with some attention to the weathered garden paving and covered structure.

At £290,000, the asking price is above the local £/sqf average, and purchase plus works costs look tight against local benchmarks. That makes the value case limited despite the manageable project scale and solid fundamentals.

Key opportunities

  • Refresh the older wallpaper and decorative finishes across the living spaces to give the lounge, dining room and conservatory a more cohesive feel.
  • Update selected flooring and the dated bathroom and cloakroom finishes while retaining the clean, usable layout.
  • Improve the garden presentation with maintenance to the weathered paving and covered structure; the west-facing garden, driveway and garage provide a useful starting point.

Key risks

None recorded.

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Location

Chelsea Close, Ipswich
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Transport

Nearest stations

  • Westerfield Rail Station

    1.5 miles

    Train · Westerfield

  • Ipswich Rail Station

    1.8 miles

    Train · Ipswich

  • Derby Road (Ipswich) Rail Station

    2.7 miles

    Train · Copleston

  • Needham Market Rail Station

    6.3 miles

    Train · Needham Market

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Finance

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Current average 2-year fixed rate is 5.13%

Current average variable rate is 6.58%

Monthly Repayments
£1,185
Based on a loan of £217,500 over 30 years at 5.13% interest

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