5 St Albright Crescent, Stanway, Colchester, CO3 0AD

5 St Albright Crescent is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Stanway, Colchester, Colchester (CO3 0AD). It has a recorded floor area of 47 m² (around 506 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. At 47 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (47–103 m²). The building's EPC ratings span D to B, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (67 versus a best of 84). The latest certificate (February 2023) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it C (June 2012); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor; while wall efficiency dropped from Very Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 74).

At 47 m² it sits well below the postcode median (95 m² across 9 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2012–2018, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £192,000 is 12.9% above the 2018 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£336/sq ft) was about 47.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: December 2018 at £170,000.