The Oast Tower, Ipswich Street, Stowmarket, IP14 1BB

The Oast Tower is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Stowmarket (IP14 1BB). It has a recorded floor area of 167 m² (around 1798 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1983-1990. The latest certificate (July 2017) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since July 2017. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76). Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include a basement and a loft. Period features are noted in the property record. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

At 167 m² the property is well over the postcode median (49 m² across 13 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 85% of similar EPCs). 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £454,000 is 14.2% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£221/sq ft) was about 50.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £397,500 in November 2019.