Sunnyside, Daisy Green, Lexden Heath, Colchester, CO3 8NF

Sunnyside is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Lexden Heath, Colchester, Colchester (CO3 8NF). It has a recorded floor area of 78 m² (around 840 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (May 2012) shows an F (score 34), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from May 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include notable views.

At 78 m² it sits well below the postcode median (125 m² across 5 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2002–2017, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.9% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£463/sq ft) was about 93.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last changed hands 9 years ago, in August 2017.