1 Dene Cottage, Wignall Street, Lawford, Manningtree, CO11 2JL

1 Dene Cottage is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Lawford, Manningtree, Manningtree (CO11 2JL). It has a recorded floor area of 119 m² (around 1281 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (July 2019) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in January 2010 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 12.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £376,000 is 14.8% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£256/sq ft) was about 26.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 119 m² the property is well over the postcode median (86 m² across 14 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Sold February 2021 for £327,500. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused.