4 Old Orchard, Layham, Ipswich, IP7 5LB
About 4 Old Orchard
4 Old Orchard is a three-bedroom detached house in Layham, Ipswich, Ipswich (IP7 5LB). It has a recorded floor area of 105 m² (around 1130 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (July 2020) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
Across 2004–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.4% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£336/sq ft) was about 52.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 105 m² it's 23.1% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (137 m² median across 4 EPCs). Last sale on file: £380,000 in February 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
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Energy performance
4 Old Orchard's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
4 Old Orchard has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
1 notable application nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£416,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.4% per year over 17 years.
£380,000
Growth on file: 3.4% per year over 17 years.
Sales timeline
19 February 2021Most recent
£380,000
+52.0%over 15 years14 December 2005
£250,000
+16.3%over 1 year21 April 2004
£215,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in IP7 5LB: £430,000 (2023–2009).
Nearby sales in IP7 5LB
5 Old Orchard, Layham, Ipswich, IP7 5LB
Sold Sept 2023
£460,0007 Old Orchard, Layham, Ipswich, IP7 5LB
Sold Nov 2022
£575,0008 Old Orchard, Layham, Ipswich, IP7 5LB
Sold Jun 2015
£430,0003 Old Orchard, Layham, Ipswich, IP7 5LB
Sold Nov 2009
£235,0001 Old Orchard, Layham, Ipswich, IP7 5LB
Sold Oct 2007
£275,000
Versus other Old Orchard homes
Habitable Rooms for 4 Old Orchard lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,619
Street avg £3,165
Floor Area
105 m²
Street avg 138 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.1 t/year
Street avg 9.2 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Marquis of Cornwallis — bus stop.
Closest school
1.9 km
Hadleigh Community Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.9dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.5dB