Primrose Cottage, The Street, Chappel, Colchester, CO6 2DD

Primrose Cottage is a three-bedroom detached house in Chappel, Colchester, Colchester (CO6 2DD). It has a recorded floor area of 125 m² (around 1345 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (October 2021) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in August 2009 the rating was G, the property has climbed 3 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. Period features are noted in the property record.

Most recent transfer: June 2024 at £590,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 5 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 125 m² it's 18% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (153 m² median across 5 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 80% of similar EPCs). Across 2009–2024, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£439/sq ft) was about 289.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode.