Timberlands, Vernons Road, Chappel, Colchester, CO6 2DL

Timberlands is a four-bedroom detached house in Chappel, Colchester, Colchester (CO6 2DL). It has a recorded floor area of 160 m² (around 1722 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (March 2022) shows a C (score 71). The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 96), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Held since June 2010 — that's 16 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 160 m² the property is well over the postcode median (118 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Today's modelled estimate of £521,000 sits 108.4% above the 2010 sale of £250,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£145/sq ft) was about 49.9% below the postcode norm. 4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.