38 Dale Close, Stanway, Colchester, CO3 0FG

38 Dale Close is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Stanway, Colchester, Colchester (CO3 0FG). It has a recorded floor area of 36 m² (around 388 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (October 2021) shows a C (score 72). The rating has held steady at C across 2 certificates since October 2018. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 82). Main heating runs on electricity. At 36 m² this is the 21st smallest of 66 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 21–138 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B across 66 units on file.

Sold April 2022 for £139,000. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 1999–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£359/sq ft) was about 78.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 36 m² it's 26.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (49 m² median across 65 EPCs).