Beech Tree Lodge, Flat 5, Lexden Road, Colchester, CO3 3RA

Beech Tree Lodge is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Colchester (CO3 3RA). It has a recorded floor area of 60 m² (around 646 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band C. At 60 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across Beech Tree Lodge (60–77 m²). The building's EPC ratings span C to B, with this unit at the top. On EPC score it ranks first in the building (81 versus a worst of 74). The latest certificate (March 2021) returns a B (score 81), comfortably above the UK average. The rating has held steady at B across 2 certificates since May 2010. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and main heating dropped from Very Good to Good.

At 60 m² it's 16.6% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (72 m² median across 4 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Most recent transfer: October 2022 at £240,000. 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 2007–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 1% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£372/sq ft) was about 18% above the typical sold price in the postcode.