29 Lucy Lane South, Stanway, Colchester, CO3 0HE

29 Lucy Lane South is a three-bedroom detached house in Stanway, Colchester, Colchester (CO3 0HE). It has a recorded floor area of 79 m² (around 850 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (November 2022) returns a high B (score 88), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. When first surveyed in June 2013 the rating was D, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good, window efficiency went from Average to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to A (score 97). Main heating runs on electricity. The property has solar panels on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Other recorded features include a conservatory.

On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2021. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £437,000 is 15% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£447/sq ft) was about 144.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £380,000 in September 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.