12 Rowan Place, Colchester, CO1 1AJ

12 Rowan Place is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Colchester (CO1 1AJ). It has a recorded floor area of 85 m² (around 915 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band B. At 85 m² this is the 16th smallest of 34 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 44–165 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (54 versus a best of 83). Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot. The latest certificate (December 2024) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it C (December 2014); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

It hasn't traded since October 2002, a hold of 24 years that's notably long for the area. At 85 m² it's 16.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (102 m² median across 33 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £237,000 sits 51.4% above the 2002 sale of £156,500.