The Swallows, Green Lane, Boxted, Colchester, CO4 5TR

The Swallows is a two-bedroom detached house in Boxted, Colchester, Colchester (CO4 5TR). It has a recorded floor area of 102 m² (around 1098 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (March 2015) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 98), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from March 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory and attached land beyond the plot.

One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2018. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 71% of similar EPCs). Across 1998–2015, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £544,000 is 36% above the 2015 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£364/sq ft) was about 277.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in July 2015 and unlisted since — roughly 11 years.