Friday Lane Cottage, Church Lane, Hitcham, Ipswich, IP7 7NN

Friday Lane Cottage is a three-bedroom detached house in Hitcham, Ipswich, Ipswich (IP7 7NN). It has a recorded floor area of 67 m² (around 723 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (August 2010) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 58). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from August 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a balcony.

Held since June 2011 — that's 15 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 67 m² the property is well over the postcode median (52 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 4 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. Across 1995–2011, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £547,000 is 49.9% above the 2011 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£505/sq ft) was about 69.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode.