Stuart House, Flat 50, St Peters Street, Colchester, CO1 1BQ

Stuart House is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Colchester (CO1 1BQ). It has a recorded floor area of 71 m² (around 764 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (January 2019) shows an F (score 33), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (October 2008); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 62), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 71 m² this is the 45th 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 bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (33 versus a best of 79). Other recorded features include a balcony and notable views.

At 71 m² it's 16.4% larger than the typical home in the postcode (61 m² median across 49 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Most recent transfer: August 2021 at £164,000. Across the public record there are 6 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 3.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £183,000 is 11.6% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£215/sq ft) was about 26.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode.