The Rectory, The Causeway, Hitcham, Ipswich, IP7 7NF

The Rectory is a four-bedroom detached house in Hitcham, Ipswich, Ipswich (IP7 7NF). It has a recorded floor area of 154 m² (around 1658 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (January 2024) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in September 2010 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average and roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 69), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe and attached land beyond the plot.

At 154 m² the property is well over the postcode median (112 m² across 24 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Sold October 2024 for £595,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2017. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2003–2024, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.9% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£359/sq ft) was about 89.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode.