24 New Town Road, Colchester, CO1 2EF

24 New Town Road is a seven-bedroom detached house in Colchester (CO1 2EF). It has a recorded floor area of 216 m² (around 2325 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (June 2014) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (September 2013); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, window efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from June 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record.

At 216 m² the property is well over the postcode median (66 m² across 27 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 78% of similar EPCs). 7 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. 4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£232/sq ft) was about 20.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: June 2024 at £540,000.