Thatch Cottage, Bures Road, Nayland, Colchester, CO6 4ND

Thatch Cottage is a detached house in Nayland, Colchester, Colchester (CO6 4ND). It has a recorded floor area of 95 m² (around 1023 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (June 2019) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in April 2009 the rating was G, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Very Poor to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

It hasn't traded since October 2010, a hold of 16 years that's notably long for the area. At 95 m² it sits well below the postcode median (188 m² across 4 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2003–2010, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £462,000 is 44.4% above the 2010 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£313/sq ft) was about 358.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused.