14 Frere Way, Fingringhoe, Colchester, CO5 7BP

14 Frere Way is a four-bedroom detached house in Fingringhoe, Colchester, Colchester (CO5 7BP). It has a recorded floor area of 167 m² (around 1798 sq ft) and council tax band E. The latest certificate (May 2012) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from May 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory.

Held since November 2007 — that's 19 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 167 m² the property is well over the postcode median (88 m² across 15 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 73% of similar EPCs). Across 1999–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 11.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £583,000 sits 58.6% above the 2007 sale of £367,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£204/sq ft) was about 31.2% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2022. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.