Craigard, Halstead Road, Lexden Heath, Colchester, CO3 0JU

Craigard is a four-bedroom detached house in Lexden Heath, Colchester, Colchester (CO3 0JU). It has a recorded floor area of 87 m² (around 936 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (October 2008) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 60). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from October 2008, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record.

It hasn't traded since January 2009, a hold of 17 years that's notably long for the area. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. Today's modelled estimate of £420,000 sits 110% above the 2009 sale of £200,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£214/sq ft) was about 35.2% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2009. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 87 m² it's 25% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (116 m² median across 3 EPCs).