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

3 Old Forge Road is a detached house in Layer-De-La-Haye, Colchester, Colchester (CO2 0JS). It has a recorded floor area of 169 m² (around 1819 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (July 2012) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from July 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since August 2002 — that's 24 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 169 m² the property is well over the postcode median (122 m² across 5 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 1995–2002, sale prices on this property compounded at 11.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £469,000 sits 175.9% above the 2002 sale of £170,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£93/sq ft) was about 48.8% 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.