8 Hillcrest Cottages, Langham, Colchester, CO4 5QE

8 Hillcrest Cottages is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Langham, Colchester, Colchester (CO4 5QE). It has a recorded floor area of 135 m² (around 1453 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (September 2018) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 68). Main heating runs on lpg. Other recorded features include outbuildings. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.

Held since August 2001 — that's 25 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 135 m² the property is well over the postcode median (85 m² across 7 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 86% of similar EPCs). Across 2000–2001, sale prices on this property compounded at 14.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £341,000 sits 249.7% above the 2001 sale of £97,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£67/sq ft) was about 59.8% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.