Maker Cottage, Lodge Road, Messing, Colchester, CO5 9TU

Maker Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Messing, Colchester, Colchester (CO5 9TU). It has a recorded floor area of 206 m² (around 2217 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (August 2015) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 69), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from August 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include notable views and outbuildings. Period features are noted in the property record.

At 206 m² the property is well over the postcode median (105 m² across 7 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Sale prices here have lagged Colchester HPI: -0.7% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £831,000 is 20.6% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£311/sq ft) was about 24.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2004. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sold in September 2016, so it's been off the market for around 10 years.