Dormers, Fields Farm Road, Layer De La Haye, Colchester, CO2 0JN

Dormers is a five-bedroom detached house in Layer-De-La-Haye, Colchester, Colchester (CO2 0JN). It has a recorded floor area of 193 m² (around 2077 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (November 2018) shows a C (score 71). When first surveyed in October 2008 the rating was G, the property has climbed 4 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, window efficiency went from Average to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 98), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe. Period features are noted in the property record. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.

At 193 m² the property is well over the postcode median (140 m² across 6 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 83% of similar EPCs). 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 2 refused. Across 2009–2019, sale prices on this property compounded at 10.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £819,000 is 26% above the 2019 sale price. Most recent transfer: June 2019 at £650,000.