Overtyme, West End Road, Tiptree, Colchester, CO5 0QH

Overtyme is a three-bedroom detached house in Tiptree, Colchester, Colchester (CO5 0QH). It has a recorded floor area of 85 m² (around 915 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (April 2014) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since October 2012. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from April 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 85 m² it sits well below the postcode median (135 m² across 12 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £397,000 sits 58.8% above the 2013 sale of £250,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£273/sq ft) was about 15.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2023. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. 13 years since the last transfer (August 2013).