5 Hardy Close, Brantham, Manningtree, CO11 1RQ

5 Hardy Close is a detached house in Brantham, Manningtree, Manningtree (CO11 1RQ). It has a recorded floor area of 155 m² (around 1668 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (April 2015) shows a C (score 79), near the top of the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 83). The latest certificate is from April 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since February 2000 — that's 26 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 155 m² it's 28.1% larger than the typical home in the postcode (121 m² median across 5 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Today's modelled estimate of £461,000 sits 234.1% above the 2000 sale of £138,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£83/sq ft) was about 53.1% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2013. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.