Orchard Cottage, Chapel Lane, West Bergholt, Colchester, CO6 3EF

Orchard Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in West Bergholt, Colchester, Colchester (CO6 3EF). It has a recorded floor area of 133 m² (around 1432 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (March 2019) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since July 2009. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Poor to Good, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and main heating dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include a conservatory. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.

3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 133 m² it's 22.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (172 m² median across 4 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs). Across 2008–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.7% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£545/sq ft) was about 90.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold September 2022 for £780,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.