5 Syers Orchard, The Causeway, Hitcham, Ipswich, IP7 7NE

5 Syers Orchard is a five-bedroom detached house in Hitcham, Ipswich, Ipswich (IP7 7NE). It has a recorded floor area of 196 m² (around 2110 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2007-2011 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (June 2021) shows a C (score 74). The rating has held steady at C across 2 certificates since May 2011. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 81). Main heating runs on oil.

At 196 m² the property is well over the postcode median (129 m² across 24 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Across 2012–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£322/sq ft) was about 24.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £680,000 in September 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.