52 The Strand, Wherstead, Ipswich, IP2 8NL

52 The Strand is a two-bedroom detached house in Wherstead, Ipswich, Ipswich (IP2 8NL). It has a recorded floor area of 63 m² (around 678 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (November 2014) returns a high B (score 88), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. The recommended improvements would push it to A (score 98). The latest certificate is from November 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include notable views. It has already been extended once and our model flags further extension potential, a sign of buyer flexibility.

Sale prices here have outpaced Ipswich HPI: 5.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £297,000 is 10% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£398/sq ft) was about 167.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 63 m² it sits well below the postcode median (107 m² across 14 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. One planning record on file: a loft conversion approved in 2008. Past consents include a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Most recent transfer: September 2021 at £270,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.