10 Oaklands, Leavenheath, Colchester, CO6 4UH

10 Oaklands is a four-bedroom detached house in Leavenheath, Colchester, Colchester (CO6 4UH). It has a recorded floor area of 144 m² (around 1547 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (October 2011) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 67). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from October 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Untraded for 19 years, with the last transfer in August 2007. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 144 m² the property is well over the postcode median (109 m² across 20 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2001–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 10.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £408,000 sits 54.5% above the 2007 sale of £263,995.