Apple Garth, Brickhouse Road, Colne Engaine, Colchester, CO6 2HJ

Apple Garth is a five-bedroom detached house in Colne Engaine, Colchester, Colchester (CO6 2HJ). It has a recorded floor area of 252 m² (around 2713 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (August 2022) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (October 2011); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Good; while window efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include a conservatory.

It hasn't traded since August 1999, a hold of 27 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 252 m² the property is well over the postcode median (158 m² across 5 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £762,000 sits 254.4% above the 1999 sale of £215,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£79/sq ft) was about 77.5% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2005. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.