4 Barnfield, Feering, Colchester, CO5 9HP

4 Barnfield is a two-bedroom detached house in Feering, Colchester, Colchester (CO5 9HP). It has a recorded floor area of 71 m² (around 764 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (August 2014) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since September 2011. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Poor to Average; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 90), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from August 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 71 m² it sits well below the postcode median (116 m² across 12 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 5 planning records sit against the property, 5 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2003–2016, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £425,000 is 25% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£445/sq ft) was about 80.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in January 2016 and unlisted since — roughly 11 years.