55a, Queens Way, Ipswich, IP3 9EX

55a is a mid-terrace house in Ipswich (IP3 9EX). It has a recorded floor area of 48 m² (around 517 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (February 2022) shows an F (score 27), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 65), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 48 m² this is the 6th smallest of 21 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 43–90 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (27 versus a best of 80).

Held since April 2000 — that's 26 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 48 m² it's 15.3% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (57 m² median across 20 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £137,000 sits 90.3% above the 2000 sale of £72,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£139/sq ft) was about 26.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode.