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

Thatch Cottage is a three-bedroom detached house in Layer-De-La-Haye, Colchester, Colchester (CO2 0JN). It has a recorded floor area of 128 m² (around 1378 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (August 2014) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since August 2011. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 69), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from August 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe, outbuildings and attached land beyond the plot. Period features are noted in the property record.

One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2015. Past consents include an extension and an annexe, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £816,000 is 33.8% above the 2015 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£443/sq ft) was about 45.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last changed hands 11 years ago, in September 2015. At 128 m² it's 21.2% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (163 m² median across 6 EPCs).