Sandyacres, Ferry Road, Fingringhoe, Colchester, CO5 7BX

Sandyacres is a four-bedroom detached house in Fingringhoe, Colchester, Colchester (CO5 7BX). It has a recorded floor area of 400 m² (around 4306 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (April 2009) shows an F (score 36), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 58), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from April 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe and attached land beyond the plot.

Untraded for 27 years, with the last transfer in May 1999. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 400 m² the property is well over the postcode median (204 m² across 8 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 88% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £908,000 sits 207.8% above the 1999 sale of £295,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£69/sq ft) was about 67.3% below the postcode norm.