Orchard House, The Causeway, Hitcham, Ipswich, IP7 7NE

Orchard House is a five-bedroom detached house in Hitcham, Ipswich, Ipswich (IP7 7NE). It has a recorded floor area of 210 m² (around 2260 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (May 2025) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since February 2015. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 88), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

At 210 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. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2009. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2002–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £739,000 is 10.3% above the 2021 sale price. Last sale on file: £670,000 in January 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.