Willow Cottage, Colchester Road, Chappel, Colchester, CO6 2DE

Willow Cottage is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Chappel, Colchester, Colchester (CO6 2DE). It has a recorded floor area of 139 m² (around 1496 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (July 2020) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in November 2008 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, window efficiency went from Poor to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79). Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include a balcony. Period features are noted in the property record.

At 139 m² the property is well over the postcode median (93 m² across 5 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Sold November 2020 for £550,000. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1999–2020, sale prices on this property compounded at 10.2% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£368/sq ft) was about 61.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode.