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Get started16 Barrack Street is a four-bedroom mid-terrace house in Colchester (CO1 2LJ). It has a recorded floor area of 105 m² (around 1130 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (July 2021) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since August 2011. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 2-band jump.
Sale prices here have outpaced Colchester HPI: 7.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£204/sq ft) was about 27.5% below the postcode norm. At 105 m² the property is well over the postcode median (62 m² across 27 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It changed hands recently, sold March 2025 for £230,000.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
16 Barrack Street has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 2000.
£239,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.4% per year over 25 years.
£230,000
Growth on file: 7.4% per year over 25 years.
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16 Barrack Street is notably below the street on price per m².
Price per m²
£2,190
Street avg £3,023
Floor Area
105 m²
Street avg 90 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 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
More low energy lighting installed
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21 March 2025Most recent
£230,000
+180.5%over 12 years19 November 2012
£82,000
+105.0%over 12 years25 August 2000
£40,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO1 2LJ: £195,000 (2025–2019).
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CO₂ Emissions
4.4 t/year
Street avg 2.9 t/year
CO1 2YT
Closest school
0.6 km
St Thomas More's Catholic Primary School, Colchester. 29 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.1dB