Houds Farm Barn, Wormingford Road, Fordham, Colchester, CO6 3NS

Houds Farm Barn is a six-bedroom detached house in Fordham, Colchester, Colchester (CO6 3NS). It has a recorded floor area of 207 m² (around 2228 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (December 2017) shows an F (score 37), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at F across 2 certificates since August 2010. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good, window efficiency went from Average to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 57), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

Held since September 2007 — that's 19 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include change of use to residential, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs). 6 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £1,140,000 is 43.4% above the 2007 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£357/sq ft) was about 29.5% below the postcode norm.