Stuart House, Flat 48, St Peters Street, Colchester, CO1 1BQ

Stuart House is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Colchester (CO1 1BQ). It has a recorded floor area of 39 m² (around 420 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band B. At 39 m² this is the 4th smallest of 50 units on EPC record in Stuart House, where floor areas span 37–82 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C, with this unit at the top. The latest certificate (June 2021) shows a C (score 74). When first surveyed in August 2010 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 39 m² it sits well below the postcode median (61 m² across 49 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Sold November 2021 for £115,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 1999–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £133,000 is 15.7% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£274/sq ft) was about 61.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode.