Bakers Lodge, Layer Breton Heath, Layer Breton, Colchester, CO2 0PW

Bakers Lodge is a four-bedroom detached house in Layer Breton, Colchester, Colchester (CO2 0PW). It has a recorded floor area of 152 m² (around 1636 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (June 2023) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in August 2014 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79). Main heating runs on oil.

At 152 m² the property is well over the postcode median (104 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 80% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £717,000 is 43.4% above the 2015 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£306/sq ft) was about 26.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 11 years since the last transfer (April 2015).