20 Balmoral Close, Ipswich, IP2 9EJ

20 Balmoral Close is a two-bedroom detached house in Ipswich (IP2 9EJ). It has a recorded floor area of 83 m² (around 893 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (August 2022) shows a C (score 78), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in November 2008 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 89). The property has solar panels on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal.

Sale prices here have outpaced Ipswich HPI: 6.8% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£358/sq ft) was about 38.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 83 m² it's 18.2% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (102 m² median across 16 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 88% of similar EPCs). Sold November 2022 for £320,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.