12 Cardigan Street, Ipswich, IP1 3PF

12 Cardigan Street is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Ipswich (IP1 3PF). It has a recorded floor area of 74 m² (around 797 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (March 2020) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in November 2008 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 2-band jump.

Held since September 2000 — that's 26 years off the open market, well above the local norm. 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 188.9% above the 2000 sale of £54,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£68/sq ft) was about 59.3% below the postcode norm. At 74 m² it's 18.7% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (91 m² median across 25 EPCs).