Holm Oak House, Braiswick, Colchester, CO4 5AU

Holm Oak House is a five-bedroom detached house in Colchester (CO4 5AU). It has a recorded floor area of 307 m² (around 3305 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (June 2019) shows a C (score 70). When first surveyed in September 2010 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and main heating dropped from Very Good to Good. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe. Period features are noted in the property record.

At 307 m² the property is well over the postcode median (138 m² across 17 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 1995–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 10.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £1,189,000 is 10.1% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£327/sq ft) was about 39.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Last sale on file: £1,080,000 in March 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.