Oaklands Farm, Heathlands, Leavenheath, Colchester, CO6 4PY

Oaklands Farm is a five-bedroom detached house in Leavenheath, Colchester, Colchester (CO6 4PY). It has a recorded floor area of 188 m² (around 2024 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. There is a swimming pool on the plot, uncommon for the area. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe, outbuildings and attached land beyond the plot. The latest certificate (July 2025) returns a high B (score 85), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. When first surveyed in August 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 4 bands since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Average; while lighting dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to A (score 100). Main heating runs on oil.

Held since June 1999 — that's 27 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 188 m² it's 21.3% larger than the typical home in the postcode (155 m² median across 4 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Today's modelled estimate of £964,000 sits 196.6% above the 1999 sale of £325,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£161/sq ft) was about 25% below the postcode norm. 4 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and an annexe, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.