Shepherds Cottage, The Tye, Kersey, Ipswich, IP7 6HB

Shepherds Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Kersey, Ipswich, Ipswich (IP7 6HB). It has a recorded floor area of 138 m² (around 1485 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (April 2009) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 68). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from April 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include notable views and outbuildings.

Untraded for 28 years, with the last transfer in April 1998. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £417,000 sits 522.4% above the 1998 sale of £67,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£45/sq ft) was about 79.7% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 138 m² it's 21.1% larger than the typical home in the postcode (114 m² median across 10 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 70% of similar EPCs).