14 Barley Way, Stanway, Colchester, CO3 0YD

14 Barley Way is a three-bedroom detached house in Stanway, Colchester, Colchester (CO3 0YD). It has a recorded floor area of 159 m² (around 1711 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (April 2015) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in April 2014 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and window efficiency went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from April 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

At 159 m² the property is well over the postcode median (111 m² across 27 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2003–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£302/sq ft) was about 22.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold March 2022 for £517,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2003.