18 Queens Close, Combs, Stowmarket, IP14 2JX

18 Queens Close is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Combs, Stowmarket, Stowmarket (IP14 2JX). It has a recorded floor area of 132 m² (around 1421 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (November 2018) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in April 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77). Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include notable views. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.

Held since September 1998 — that's 28 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. At 132 m² the property is well over the postcode median (60 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £412,000 sits 484.4% above the 1998 sale of £70,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£50/sq ft) was about 80.8% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2009. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.