8a, North Hill, Colchester, CO1 1DZ

8a is an end-of-terrace house in Colchester (CO1 1DZ). It has a recorded floor area of 82 m² (around 883 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (August 2019) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since December 2008. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77).

At 82 m² the property is well over the postcode median (41 m² across 12 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2001–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £257,000 is 15.2% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£253/sq ft) was about 67.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: April 2022 at £223,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.