Oak Cottage, Curds Road, Earls Colne, Colchester, CO6 2JT

Oak Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Earls Colne, Colchester, Colchester (CO6 2JT). It has a recorded floor area of 204 m² (around 2196 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (August 2022) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot. Period features are noted in the property record. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history. The home occupies a corner plot and a cul-de-sac position.

It hasn't traded since August 1996, a hold of 30 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 204 m² the property is well over the postcode median (106 m² across 3 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £769,000 sits 632.4% above the 1996 sale of £105,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£48/sq ft) was about 78.2% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.