2 Old Post Office Cottages, Layer Breton Hill, Layer Breton, Colchester, CO2 0PP

2 Old Post Office Cottages is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Layer Breton, Colchester, Colchester (CO2 0PP). It has a recorded floor area of 234 m² (around 2518 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (May 2010) shows an F (score 23), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Main heating runs on lpg. The latest certificate is from May 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since November 2010 — that's 16 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. At 234 m² the property is well over the postcode median (166 m² across 12 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 83% of similar EPCs). Across 1997–2010, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £684,000 sits 51% above the 2010 sale of £453,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£180/sq ft) was about 25.4% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.