Lynden Cottage, Daisy Green, Lexden Heath, Colchester, CO3 8NF

Lynden Cottage is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Lexden Heath, Colchester, Colchester (CO3 8NF). It has a recorded floor area of 71 m² (around 764 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (June 2015) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 70), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from June 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include notable views. Period features are noted in the property record. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

At 71 m² it sits well below the postcode median (125 m² across 5 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 3 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£449/sq ft) was about 82.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: April 2022 at £343,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.