Lilac Cottage, Halstead Road, Eight Ash Green, Colchester, CO6 3QJ

Lilac Cottage is a semi-detached house in Eight Ash Green, Colchester, Colchester (CO6 3QJ). It has a recorded floor area of 82 m² (around 883 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (December 2021) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79).

It hasn't traded since December 2002, a hold of 23 years that's notably long for the area. At 82 m² the property is well over the postcode median (40 m² across 13 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 77% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £279,000 sits 372.9% above the 2002 sale of £59,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£67/sq ft) was about 80.9% 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.