Chapel Cottage, Peldon Road, Abberton, Colchester, CO5 7PB

Chapel Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Abberton, Colchester, Colchester (CO5 7PB). It has a recorded floor area of 166 m² (around 1787 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (August 2020) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since September 2011. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 94), a 3-band jump.

At 166 m² the property is well over the postcode median (110 m² across 20 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Most recent transfer: March 2021 at £580,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 1997–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £672,000 is 15.9% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£325/sq ft) was about 28.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode.