14 Lilian Impey Drive, Highwoods, Colchester, CO4 9GP

14 Lilian Impey Drive is a three-bedroom detached house in Highwoods, Colchester, Colchester (CO4 9GP). It has a recorded floor area of 72 m² (around 775 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (May 2012) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from May 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since October 2002 — that's 24 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across 1999–2002, sale prices on this property compounded at 16.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £317,000 sits 115.6% above the 2002 sale of £147,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£190/sq ft) was about 45.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 72 m² it sits well below the postcode median (108 m² across 17 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2006. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.