Kayla Court, Flat 4, Burlington Road, Colchester, CO3 3AJ

Kayla Court is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Colchester (CO3 3AJ). It has a recorded floor area of 47 m² (around 506 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (January 2019) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (January 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Good and main heating went from Poor to Average; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 70), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Held since April 1998 — that's 28 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 £142,000 sits 255% above the 1998 sale of £39,995. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£79/sq ft) was about 57% below the postcode norm. At 47 m² it's 21% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (60 m² median across 25 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 88% of similar EPCs).