Lilac Cottage, Upper Street, Baylham, Ipswich, IP6 8JR

Lilac Cottage is a three-bedroom detached house in Baylham, Ipswich, Ipswich (IP6 8JR). It has a recorded floor area of 102 m² (around 1100 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (January 2011) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 61). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from January 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot.

Sale prices here have outpaced Ipswich HPI: 10% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £501,000 is 26.8% above the 2011 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£359/sq ft) was about 57.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. On the market in September 2011 and unlisted since — roughly 15 years. At 102 m² it's 19.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (127 m² median across 15 EPCs).