Stamps & Crows, Layer Breton Heath, Layer Breton, Colchester, CO2 0PW

Stamps & Crows is a detached house in Layer Breton, Colchester, Colchester (CO2 0PW). It has a recorded floor area of 273 m² (around 2939 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (May 2013) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since April 2013. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and lighting dropped from Very Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from May 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It hasn't traded since October 2005, a hold of 21 years that's notably long for the area. At 273 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 £1,150,000 sits 62.2% above the 2005 sale of £709,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£241/sq ft) was about 21% below the postcode norm. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.