11 Browns Close, Hitcham, Ipswich, IP7 7NP

11 Browns Close is a four-bedroom detached house in Hitcham, Ipswich, Ipswich (IP7 7NP). It has a recorded floor area of 126 m² (around 1356 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (October 2024) shows a C (score 79), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in February 2011 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 82). Main heating runs on electricity. The property has solar panels on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal.

At 126 m² the property is well over the postcode median (84 m² across 8 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Across 2007–2015, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £497,000 sits 79.7% above the 2015 sale of £276,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£204/sq ft) was about 15.8% below the postcode norm. 10 years since the last transfer (December 2015).