21 Cornflower Close, Stanway, Colchester, CO3 0SE

21 Cornflower Close is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Stanway, Colchester, Colchester (CO3 0SE). It has a recorded floor area of 37 m² (around 395 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (February 2010) shows an F (score 21), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 57), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from February 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

It hasn't traded since April 2007, a hold of 19 years that's notably long for the area. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 37 m² it sits well below the postcode median (80 m² across 42 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2011. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1996–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 12.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £161,000 is 37% above the 2007 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£297/sq ft) was about 38.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode.