20 Oaklands, Leavenheath, Colchester, CO6 4UH

20 Oaklands is a five-bedroom detached house in Leavenheath, Colchester, Colchester (CO6 4UH). It has a recorded floor area of 150 m² (around 1615 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (February 2014) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from February 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe.

At 150 m² the property is well over the postcode median (109 m² across 20 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2018. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On the market in July 2014 and unlisted since — roughly 12 years. Today's modelled estimate of £452,000 is 47.2% above the 2014 sale price.