12 Old Forge Road, Layer De La Haye, Colchester, CO2 0JS

12 Old Forge Road is a four-bedroom detached house in Layer-De-La-Haye, Colchester, Colchester (CO2 0JS). It has a recorded floor area of 156 m² (around 1679 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (June 2020) shows a C (score 71). The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 82).

It hasn't traded since May 1998, a hold of 28 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £451,000 sits 424.4% above the 1998 sale of £86,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£51/sq ft) was about 70.9% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2003. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 156 m² it's 27.9% larger than the typical home in the postcode (122 m² median across 5 EPCs).