24 Military Road, Colchester, CO1 2AJ

24 Military Road is a three-bedroom detached house in Colchester (CO1 2AJ). It has a recorded floor area of 133 m² (around 1432 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (August 2025) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in February 2015 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump. Period features are noted in the property record.

Sale prices here have outpaced Colchester HPI: 11.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £440,000 is 25.7% above the 2015 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£244/sq ft) was about 39.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 133 m² the property is well over the postcode median (36 m² across 22 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On the market in September 2015 and unlisted since — roughly 11 years. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.