1 Beecham Cottages, Spring Gardens Road, Chappel, Colchester, CO6 2DW

1 Beecham Cottages is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Chappel, Colchester, Colchester (CO6 2DW). It has a recorded floor area of 127 m² (around 1367 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (November 2020) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since March 2010. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

Last sale on file: £603,750 in July 2023. Across the public record there are 4 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 2000–2023, sale prices on this property compounded at 9% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£442/sq ft) was about 289% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 127 m² it's 17.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (154 m² median across 4 EPCs).