1 Honey Tye, Leavenheath, Colchester, CO6 4NY

1 Honey Tye is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Leavenheath, Colchester, Colchester (CO6 4NY). It has a recorded floor area of 122 m² (around 1313 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (November 2016) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (January 2013); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Average to Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

At 122 m² the property is well over the postcode median (81 m² across 9 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £326,000 sits 97.6% above the 2013 sale of £165,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£126/sq ft) was about 30.2% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2013. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On the market in March 2013 and unlisted since — roughly 13 years.