Hare Cottage, Harrow Street, Leavenheath, Colchester, CO6 4PW

Hare Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Leavenheath, Colchester, Colchester (CO6 4PW). It has a recorded floor area of 100 m² (around 1078 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (October 2010) shows an E (score 51), 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 October 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot. Period features are noted in the property record. It has already been extended once and our model flags further extension potential, a sign of buyer flexibility.

Across 2002–2012, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £579,000 sits 60.8% above the 2012 sale of £360,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£334/sq ft) was about 32% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 4 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an annexe and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 100 m² it's 21.4% larger than the typical home in the postcode (83 m² median across 6 EPCs). Last sold in March 2012, so it's been off the market for around 14 years.