The White Lion, Flat 5, Magdalen Road, Hadleigh, Ipswich, IP7 5AD

The White Lion is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Hadleigh, Ipswich, Ipswich (IP7 5AD). It has a recorded floor area of 78 m² (around 840 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. At 78 m² this is the 3rd smallest of 4 units on EPC record in The White Lion, where floor areas span 49–104 m². On EPC score it ranks first in the building (49 versus a worst of 42). The latest certificate (October 2020) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since October 2009. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Average to Good; while window efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 78 m² the property is well over the postcode median (51 m² across 28 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 71% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £224,000 is 16.4% above the 2021 sale price. Last sale on file: £192,500 in February 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.