New Bungalow, Maypole Road, Tiptree, Colchester, CO5 0EP

New Bungalow is a three-bedroom detached house in Tiptree, Colchester, Colchester (CO5 0EP). It has a recorded floor area of 100 m² (around 1076 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (August 2023) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (April 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe.

Untraded for 17 years, with the last transfer in October 2009. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. At 100 m² the property is well over the postcode median (40 m² across 9 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 89% of similar EPCs). Across 1998–2009, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £412,000 sits 79.1% above the 2009 sale of £230,000. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an annexe, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.