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

8 Oak Tree Cottages is a semi-detached house in Aldham, Colchester, Colchester (CO6 3RJ). It has a recorded floor area of 75 m² (around 805 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (February 2010) shows a G (score 20), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to F (score 34). Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from February 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since April 2010 — that's 16 years off the open market, well above the local norm. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £290,000 sits 81.3% above the 2010 sale of £160,000. 6 planning records sit against the property, 5 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.