3 Alton Drive, Colchester, CO3 3ST

3 Alton Drive is a four-bedroom detached house in Colchester (CO3 3ST). It has a recorded floor area of 303 m² (around 3261 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (September 2019) returns a high B (score 87), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. When first surveyed in October 2016 the rating was E, the property has climbed 3 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Good to Very Good, roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good and window efficiency went from Average to Very Good. Main heating runs on electricity: electricity, unspecified tariff.

At 303 m² the property is well over the postcode median (155 m² across 7 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Across 1998–2017, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £1,120,000 sits 60% above the 2017 sale of £700,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£215/sq ft) was about 40% below the postcode norm. 6 planning records sit against the property, 5 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. 9 years since the last transfer (June 2017).