11 Gorse Lane, Tiptree, Colchester, CO5 0AH

11 Gorse Lane is a four-bedroom detached house in Tiptree, Colchester, Colchester (CO5 0AH). It has a recorded floor area of 157 m² (around 1688 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (April 2010) shows an F (score 21), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 44). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from April 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory and attached land beyond the plot. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

At 157 m² the property is well over the postcode median (93 m² across 13 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 5 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £589,000 is 15.5% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£302/sq ft) was about 29.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold December 2019 for £510,000.