Flat 2, 32 Museum Street, Ipswich, IP1 1HZ

Flat 2 is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Ipswich (IP1 1HZ). It has a recorded floor area of 53 m² (around 570 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 2021. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. The property has solar panels on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Period features are noted in the property record. At 53 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (53–93 m²). On EPC score it ranks last in the building (39 versus a best of 45). The latest certificate (February 2022) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in February 2021 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. Main heating runs on electricity: electricity, unspecified tariff.

At 53 m² it sits well below the postcode median (77 m² across 24 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£307/sq ft) was about 20.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £175,000 in January 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.