13 Priory Street, Colchester, CO1 2PY

13 Priory Street is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Colchester (CO1 2PY). It has a recorded floor area of 40 m² (around 431 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. Tenure is freehold. At 40 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 12 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 36–134 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (41 versus a best of 72). Other recorded features include a basement. The home occupies a corner plot. The latest certificate (January 2023) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it C (January 2013); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average and hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 65). Main heating runs on electricity.

Held since May 2008 — that's 18 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. Sale prices here have outpaced Colchester HPI: 7.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £122,000 is 30.5% above the 2008 sale price. At 40 m² it sits well below the postcode median (59 m² across 11 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 73% of similar EPCs).