Flat 3, 38 Museum Street, Ipswich, IP1 1JQ

Flat 3 is a mid-terrace house in Ipswich (IP1 1JQ). It has a recorded floor area of 131 m² (around 1410 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. At 131 m² this is the 5th smallest of 6 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 49–143 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the top. The latest certificate (November 2018) shows a C (score 77), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in October 2008 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 85).

At 131 m² the property is well over the postcode median (70 m² across 12 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. Most recent transfer: February 2022 at £220,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 2005–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at -1.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £246,000 is 11.8% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£156/sq ft) was about 20.3% below the postcode norm.