Thornwood, Layer Road, Abberton, Colchester, CO5 7NH

Thornwood is a detached house in Abberton, Colchester, Colchester (CO5 7NH). It has a recorded floor area of 160 m² (around 1724 sq ft) and council tax band F. The latest certificate (May 2010) returns a B (score 81), comfortably above the UK average. The latest certificate is from May 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It hasn't traded since November 2009, a hold of 17 years that's notably long for the area. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. At 160 m² the property is well over the postcode median (122 m² across 19 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Today's modelled estimate of £584,000 sits 55.7% above the 2009 sale of £375,000. 5 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.