16a, Wethersfield Road, Colchester, CO2 0BB

16a is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Colchester (CO2 0BB). It has a recorded floor area of 45 m² (around 484 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (May 2018) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 70), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 45 m² this is the 3rd smallest of 17 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 43–78 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C across 17 units on file. Period features are noted in the property record.

Held since January 1995 — that's 31 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £150,000 sits 275% above the 1995 sale of £40,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£83/sq ft) was about 46.9% below the postcode norm. At 45 m² it's 25% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (60 m² median across 16 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs). 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count.