Crosslands, Cage Lane, Boxted, Colchester, CO4 5RE

Crosslands is a detached house in Boxted, Colchester, Colchester (CO4 5RE). It has a recorded floor area of 169 m² (around 1822 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (March 2009) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 71). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from March 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It hasn't traded since November 2009, a hold of 17 years that's notably long for the area. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. At 169 m² the property is well over the postcode median (122 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2003–2009, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £493,000 sits 60.3% above the 2009 sale of £307,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£169/sq ft) was about 44.1% below the postcode norm. 4 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 2 refused.