Oldhouse, Church Lane, Stanway, Colchester, CO3 8LP

Oldhouse is a semi-detached house in Stanway, Colchester, Colchester (CO3 8LP). It has a recorded floor area of 240 m² (around 2588 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (January 2010) shows an F (score 32), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 49). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from January 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It hasn't traded since July 2010, a hold of 16 years that's notably long for the area. At 240 m² the property is well over the postcode median (125 m² across 39 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 16 planning records sit against the property, 8 approved, 6 refused. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. Today's modelled estimate of £730,000 is 46% above the 2010 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£193/sq ft) was about 22.9% below the postcode norm.