Haus Penken, Cage Lane, Boxted, Colchester, CO4 5RE

Haus Penken is a detached house in Boxted, Colchester, Colchester (CO4 5RE). It has a recorded floor area of 196 m² (around 2110 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (April 2023) shows a D (score 56), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 72). Main heating runs on oil.

Held since April 1995 — that's 31 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 196 m² the property is well over the postcode median (122 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £618,000 sits 394.4% above the 1995 sale of £125,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£59/sq ft) was about 80.2% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.