Lilac Cottage, Colchester Road, Chappel, Colchester, CO6 2AA

Lilac Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Chappel, Colchester, Colchester (CO6 2AA). It has a recorded floor area of 139 m² (around 1496 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (May 2009) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from May 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot. Period features are noted in the property record. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

5 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs). Across 1996–2019, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £630,000 is 17.1% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£359/sq ft) was about 60.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: August 2019 at £537,950.