5 De Vere Road, Colchester, CO3 4EA

5 De Vere Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Colchester (CO3 4EA). It has a recorded floor area of 166 m² (around 1787 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (February 2021) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in July 2015 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Poor to Average, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80). Other recorded features include outbuildings.

At 166 m² the property is well over the postcode median (114 m² across 26 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1998–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £585,000 is 10.4% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£297/sq ft) was about 37.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £530,000 in April 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.