1 St Margarets Cross, School Road, Langham, Colchester, CO4 5PD

1 St Margarets Cross is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Langham, Colchester, Colchester (CO4 5PD). It has a recorded floor area of 109 m² (around 1173 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (January 2024) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include a conservatory.

Held since March 2008 — that's 18 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. Across 1997–2008, sale prices on this property compounded at 9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £344,000 sits 72% above the 2008 sale of £200,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£170/sq ft) was about 28.8% below the postcode norm. At 109 m² it's 18% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (133 m² median across 5 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs).