6 Benezet Street, Ipswich, IP1 2JQ

6 Benezet Street is an end-of-terrace house in Ipswich (IP1 2JQ). It has a recorded floor area of 50 m² (around 538 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band A. At 50 m² this is the 20th smallest of 30 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 20–143 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (40 versus a best of 82). The latest certificate (December 2017) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 57). Main heating runs on electricity.

It hasn't traded since February 1997, a hold of 29 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £156,000 sits 108% above the 1997 sale of £75,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£139/sq ft) was about 84.8% below the postcode norm. At 50 m² it's 22% larger than the typical home in the postcode (41 m² median across 29 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 90% of similar EPCs).