Walnut Tree Cottage, The Street, Feering, Colchester, CO5 9QQ

Walnut Tree Cottage is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Feering, Colchester, Colchester (CO5 9QQ). It has a recorded floor area of 136 m² (around 1464 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The property has underfloor heating on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Other recorded features include a balcony. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (November 2018) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since April 2009. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and main heating dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 92), a 3-band jump.

4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, a porch, tree works and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. Most recent transfer: March 2022 at £585,000. Across the public record there are 5 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 1999–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.4% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£400/sq ft) was about 71.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode.