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Get started14 Barrack Street is a mid-terrace house in Colchester (CO1 2LJ). It has a recorded floor area of 87 m² (around 936 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (October 2019) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in December 2008 the rating was G, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Average, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and main heating went from Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
Sale prices here have outpaced Colchester HPI: 36.7% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £256,000 is 38.8% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£197/sq ft) was about 29.2% below the postcode norm. At 87 m² the property is well over the postcode median (62 m² across 27 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Most recent transfer: December 2019 at £184,500.
14 Barrack Street sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
14 Barrack Street changed hands twice within eighteen months — unusual for the area.
£256,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 36.7% per year over 1 year.
£184,500
Growth on file: 36.7% per year over 1 year.
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Price per m² for 14 Barrack Street lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,121
Street avg £3,032
Floor Area
87 m²
Street avg 92 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
6/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.0 km
Cannon Street — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.8dB

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Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating system changed
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Hot water efficiency improved
Windows upgraded, improving insulation
Heating system upgraded to a more efficient system
Hot water efficiency improved
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19 December 2019Most recent
£184,500
+41.9%over 1 year5 November 2018
£130,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO1 2LJ: £225,000 (2025–2019).
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Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
9.1 t/year
Street avg 2.5 t/year
Closest school
0.6 km
St Thomas More's Catholic Primary School, Colchester. 29 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.1dB