1 Choats Wood, Fordham Heath, Colchester, CO3 9UY

1 Choats Wood is a four-bedroom detached house in Fordham Heath, Colchester, Colchester (CO3 9UY). It has a recorded floor area of 79 m² (around 852 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (June 2009) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75). The latest certificate is from June 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Untraded for 16 years, with the last transfer in August 2010. Across the public record there are 6 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. At 79 m² it sits well below the postcode median (213 m² across 4 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs). Across 1995–2010, sale prices on this property compounded at 14.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £526,000 is 40.3% above the 2010 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£440/sq ft) was about 375.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode.