Katoomba, Layer Breton Hill, Layer Breton, Colchester, CO2 0PR

Katoomba is a detached house in Layer Breton, Colchester, Colchester (CO2 0PR). It has a recorded floor area of 134 m² (around 1442 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (January 2025) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. When first surveyed in September 2020 the rating was F, the property has climbed 3 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Poor to Good, window efficiency went from Average to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 94), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

At 134 m² the property is well over the postcode median (85 m² across 14 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Across 2004–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at -9.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £510,000 sits 1175% above the 2021 sale of £40,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£28/sq ft) was about 89.8% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2021. Past consents include an extension, a loft conversion and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sale on file: £40,000 in October 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.