41 Caelum Drive, Colchester, CO2 8FN

41 Caelum Drive is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Colchester (CO2 8FN). It has a recorded floor area of 47 m² (around 506 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2007-2011 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (August 2023) shows a C (score 77), near the top of the C band. The rating has held steady at C across 2 certificates since June 2013. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 83). Main heating runs on electricity. At 47 m² this is the 14th smallest of 67 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 43–103 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to B across 67 units on file. Other recorded features include a balcony.

Across 2007–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 1.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £147,000 is 13.5% below the 2022 sale of £170,000, running counter to the wider postcode trend, which makes the EPC and condition history especially worth a look. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£336/sq ft) was about 46% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 47 m² it's 21.7% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (60 m² median across 66 EPCs). 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Most recent transfer: September 2022 at £170,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.