Providence, Birch Street, Birch, Colchester, CO2 0NN

Providence is a five-bedroom detached house in Birch, Colchester, Colchester (CO2 0NN). It has a recorded floor area of 171 m² (around 1841 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2007 onwards and council tax band F. The latest certificate (April 2014) shows a C (score 74). The rating has held steady at C across 2 certificates since November 2012. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and lighting dropped from Very Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 85). Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from April 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.

At 171 m² the property is well over the postcode median (63 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2019–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.6% per year. Sold May 2022 for £725,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.