3 Oak Tree Cottages, Brook Road, Aldham, Colchester, CO6 3RJ

3 Oak Tree Cottages is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Aldham, Colchester, Colchester (CO6 3RJ). It has a recorded floor area of 97 m² (around 1048 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (June 2010) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 58). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from June 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Untraded for 22 years, with the last transfer in August 2004. At 97 m² the property is well over the postcode median (75 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2000–2004, sale prices on this property compounded at 19% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £343,000 sits 75.4% above the 2004 sale of £195,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£187/sq ft) was about 16.2% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.