3 Darina Court, Dale Close, Stanway, Colchester, CO3 0FL

3 Darina Court is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Stanway, Colchester, Colchester (CO3 0FL). It has a recorded floor area of 55 m² (around 592 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band A. At 55 m² this is the 8th smallest of 12 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 32–85 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to C, with this unit at the top. The latest certificate (March 2022) shows a C (score 71). Main heating runs on electricity.

Held since September 1999 — that's 27 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £145,000 sits 302.8% above the 1999 sale of £36,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£61/sq ft) was about 73% below the postcode norm. At 55 m² it's 17.5% larger than the typical home in the postcode (47 m² median across 11 EPCs).