Charles House, Flat 15, St Peters Street, Colchester, CO1 1BY

Charles House is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Colchester (CO1 1BY). It has a recorded floor area of 78 m² (around 834 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band C. There is a swimming pool on the plot, uncommon for the area. At 78 m² this is the 30th smallest of 35 units on EPC record in Charles House, where floor areas span 52–94 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B across 35 units on file. The latest certificate (November 2011) shows a C (score 77), near the top of the C band. The rating has held steady at C across 2 certificates since January 2010. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good and main heating went from Poor to Average. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from November 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Most recent transfer: September 2021 at £145,000. Across the public record there are 5 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. At 78 m² it's 15.7% larger than the typical home in the postcode (67 m² median across 34 EPCs). Across 2000–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.5% per year.