Nightingale Barn, Brickhouse Road, Colne Engaine, Colchester, CO6 2HJ

Nightingale Barn is a six-bedroom detached house in Colne Engaine, Colchester, Colchester (CO6 2HJ). It has a recorded floor area of 269 m² (around 2895 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (April 2018) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe, outbuildings and attached land beyond the plot. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

At 269 m² the property is well over the postcode median (158 m² across 5 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 80% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £1,314,000 is 25.1% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£363/sq ft) was about 27.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold September 2019 for £1,050,000.