Charles House, Flat 4, St Peters Street, Colchester, CO1 1BY

Charles House is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Colchester (CO1 1BY). It has a recorded floor area of 77 m² (around 829 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. At 77 m² this is the 29th smallest of 35 units on EPC record in Charles House, where floor areas span 52–88 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 (39 versus a best of 81). The latest certificate (August 2020) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since September 2009. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 59). Main heating runs on electricity.

It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 88% of similar EPCs). Across 2000–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £182,000 is 25.5% above the 2021 sale price. Most recent transfer: March 2021 at £145,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.