18 Heathfields, Eight Ash Green, Colchester, CO6 3QP

18 Heathfields is a semi-detached house in Eight Ash Green, Colchester, Colchester (CO6 3QP). It has a recorded floor area of 93 m² (around 1001 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (February 2014) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from February 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It hasn't traded since June 1998, a hold of 28 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 93 m² it's 24.1% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (123 m² median across 18 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £445,000 sits 229.6% above the 1998 sale of £135,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£135/sq ft) was about 35.4% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2003. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.