1 Bourne Road, Colchester, CO2 7LQ

1 Bourne Road is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Colchester (CO2 7LQ). It has a recorded floor area of 94 m² (around 1012 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (September 2012) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since November 2010. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from September 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record.

Last changed hands 11 years ago, in December 2014. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. At 94 m² it's 25.3% larger than the typical home in the postcode (75 m² median across 19 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 84% of similar EPCs). Across 1996–2014, sale prices on this property compounded at 9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £287,000 is 24.8% above the 2014 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£227/sq ft) was about 27.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode.