5 Cross Lane, West Mersea, Colchester, CO5 8HN

5 Cross Lane is a four-bedroom detached house in West Mersea, Colchester, Colchester (CO5 8HN). It has a recorded floor area of 202 m² (around 2170 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (December 2008) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 70). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from December 2008, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory.

Held since April 2003 — that's 23 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across 1999–2003, sale prices on this property compounded at 11.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £727,000 sits 117% above the 2003 sale of £335,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£154/sq ft) was about 35.2% below the postcode norm. 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. At 202 m² it's 24.4% larger than the typical home in the postcode (162 m² median across 7 EPCs).