Langham Cottage, High Street, Langham, Colchester, CO4 5NT

Langham Cottage is a detached house in Langham, Colchester, Colchester (CO4 5NT). It has a recorded floor area of 89 m² (around 958 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (April 2017) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in April 2017 the rating was G, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Average to Good, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and window efficiency went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

6 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 3 refused. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 89 m² it's 21.2% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (113 m² median across 8 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £496,000 is 24% above the 2022 sale price. Most recent transfer: March 2022 at £400,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.