26 Military Road, Colchester, CO1 2AJ

26 Military Road is a six-bedroom detached house in Colchester (CO1 2AJ). It has a recorded floor area of 127 m² (around 1367 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (December 2019) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in February 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average and main heating dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. Other recorded features include a basement.

It hasn't traded since June 2006, a hold of 20 years that's notably long for the area. At 127 m² the property is well over the postcode median (36 m² across 22 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 77% of similar EPCs). 6 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £351,000 is 46.2% above the 2006 sale price. One planning record on file: HMO conversion refused in 2007.