Haytor, Mersea Road, Abberton, Colchester, CO5 7NS

Haytor is a detached house in Abberton, Colchester, Colchester (CO5 7NS). It has a recorded floor area of 224 m² (around 2409 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (November 2008) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 59). The latest certificate is from November 2008, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It hasn't traded since August 2009, a hold of 17 years that's notably long for the area. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. Sale prices here have outpaced Colchester HPI: 22% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £736,000 is 28% above the 2009 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£239/sq ft) was about 20.2% below the postcode norm. At 224 m² the property is well over the postcode median (102 m² across 6 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.