The Laurels, Upper Street, Layham, Ipswich, IP7 5JZ

The Laurels is a four-bedroom detached house in Layham, Ipswich, Ipswich (IP7 5JZ). It has a recorded floor area of 154 m² (around 1658 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2007 onwards and council tax band F. The latest certificate (September 2012) returns a high B (score 86), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. When first surveyed in April 2010 the rating was C, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and window efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to A (score 96). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from September 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory.

At 154 m² it's 21.5% larger than the typical home in the postcode (127 m² median across 21 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2018. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2010–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£392/sq ft) was about 89.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold June 2021 for £650,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.