1 Cambridge House, Cambridge Road, Colchester, CO3 3NS

1 Cambridge House is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Colchester (CO3 3NS). It has a recorded floor area of 225 m² (around 2422 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (September 2025) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in August 2011 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Very Good to Average and lighting dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75).

Held since February 1997 — that's 29 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 225 m² the property is well over the postcode median (154 m² across 37 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £992,000 sits 372.4% above the 1997 sale of £210,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£87/sq ft) was about 65.1% below the postcode norm. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2014.