Tara House, Huxtables Lane, Fordham Heath, Colchester, CO3 9TJ

Tara House is a detached house in Fordham Heath, Colchester, Colchester (CO3 9TJ). It has a recorded floor area of 335 m² (around 3606 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (January 2025) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in July 2021 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good, window efficiency went from Poor to Average and hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 73).

At 335 m² the property is well over the postcode median (127 m² across 12 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £921,000 is 35.8% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£188/sq ft) was about 19.4% below the postcode norm. Most recent transfer: April 2022 at £678,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.