Portmans Farm, Stoke Road, Layham, Ipswich, IP7 5RB

Portmans Farm is a five-bedroom detached house in Layham, Ipswich, Ipswich (IP7 5RB). It has a recorded floor area of 321 m² (around 3455 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (March 2015) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in November 2014 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from March 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot.

At 321 m² the property is well over the postcode median (101 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2005. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £1,140,000 is 19.4% above the 2018 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£276/sq ft) was about 68.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold July 2018 for £955,000.