3 Hillcrest Cottages, Langham, Colchester, CO4 5QE

3 Hillcrest Cottages is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Langham, Colchester, Colchester (CO4 5QE). It has a recorded floor area of 89 m² (around 958 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (June 2024) shows an F (score 25), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (March 2010); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and window efficiency went from Average to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 56), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. It has already been extended once and our model flags further extension potential, a sign of buyer flexibility.

Untraded for 16 years, with the last transfer in June 2010. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2018. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2009–2010, sale prices on this property compounded at 32.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £315,000 is 40% above the 2010 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£235/sq ft) was about 81% above the typical sold price in the postcode.