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Get started23a is a property in Colchester (CO1 2LL). It has a recorded floor area of 37 m² (around 402 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (July 2011) shows an F (score 31), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 46). Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from July 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. At 37 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 17 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 18–113 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (31 versus a best of 70).
At 37 m² it sits well below the postcode median (54 m² across 16 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
23a sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 04 Jul 2021
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
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23a has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£140,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
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23a is notably below the street on epc rating.
EPC Rating
31 (F)
Street avg 64 (D)
Floor Area
37 m²
Street avg 60 m²
CO₂ Emissions
5.2 t/year
Street avg 2.8 t/year
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
49.7dB

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Extension: Part single, part two storey · Side and rear of property
Works to existing mixed Class E and C3 premises to include demolition of existing single storey extension and construction of a part single,part two storey side / rear extension, alterations to front elevation and advertisement consent.
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO1 2LL: £195,000 (2024–2022).
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Habitable Rooms
2 rooms
Street avg 3 rooms
Closest school
0.6 km
St Thomas More's Catholic Primary School, Colchester. 29 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.1dB