Owlstree House, Church Lane, Stanway, Colchester, CO3 8LP

Owlstree House is a five-bedroom detached house in Stanway, Colchester, Colchester (CO3 8LP). It has a recorded floor area of 252 m² (around 2710 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (July 2010) shows an F (score 29), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 50). The latest certificate is from July 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.

Untraded for 19 years, with the last transfer in October 2007. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 252 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. Today's modelled estimate of £934,000 is 28.8% above the 2007 sale price.