26 Captain Gardens, Colchester, CO2 7FX

26 Captain Gardens is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Colchester (CO2 7FX). It has a recorded floor area of 65 m² (around 700 sq ft) and council tax band B. At 65 m² this is the 10th smallest of 31 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 57–125 m². The building's EPC ratings span C to B, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (78 versus a best of 85). Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe. The latest certificate (February 2017) shows a C (score 78), near the top of the C band. Earlier certificates rated it B (May 2014); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, window efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good.

At 65 m² it's 20.2% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (82 m² median across 30 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 70% of similar EPCs). Across 2014–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.2% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£372/sq ft) was about 55.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold November 2022 for £260,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.