17 Alyssum Walk, Colchester, CO4 3RW

17 Alyssum Walk is a four-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Colchester (CO4 3RW). It has a recorded floor area of 105 m² (around 1130 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (December 2016) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include a conservatory.

Held since April 2000 — that's 26 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £252,000 sits 223.1% above the 2000 sale of £78,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£69/sq ft) was about 49.1% below the postcode norm. At 105 m² it's 28% larger than the typical home in the postcode (82 m² median across 15 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 87% of similar EPCs).