3 Brackenbury Close, Ipswich, IP1 3RN

3 Brackenbury Close is a four-bedroom detached house in Ipswich (IP1 3RN). It has a recorded floor area of 130 m² (around 1400 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (April 2009) shows an F (score 31), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 60), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from April 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since August 2009 — that's 17 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. At 130 m² it's 29.7% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (185 m² median across 5 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 5 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused. Today's modelled estimate of £388,000 is 48.1% above the 2009 sale price.