7 Ganymede Close, Ipswich, IP1 5AE

7 Ganymede Close is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Ipswich (IP1 5AE). It has a recorded floor area of 52 m² (around 560 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band A. At 52 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (52–106 m²). The building's EPC ratings span D to B, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (63 versus a best of 84). The latest certificate (April 2022) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since October 2009. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average and hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80). Main heating runs on electricity.

At 52 m² it's 21.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (67 m² median across 30 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2006–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 1.7% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£268/sq ft) was about 37.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: May 2022 at £150,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.