Church Cottage, The Street, Feering, Colchester, CO5 9QQ

Church Cottage is a two-bedroom detached house in Feering, Colchester, Colchester (CO5 9QQ). It has a recorded floor area of 93 m² (around 1006 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (July 2010) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in October 2008 the rating was G, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good and main heating went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and lighting dropped from Good to Very Poor. The latest certificate is from July 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include notable views. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

At 93 m² it sits well below the postcode median (141 m² across 8 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs). 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2009–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.9% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£472/sq ft) was about 122.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £475,000 in August 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.