5 Gainsborough Road, Colchester, CO3 4QP

5 Gainsborough Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Colchester (CO3 4QP). It has a recorded floor area of 67 m² (around 721 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (July 2014) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since September 2011. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and lighting dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from July 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 67 m² it sits well below the postcode median (97 m² across 6 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Last sold in April 2018, so it's been off the market for around 8 years. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 2001–2018, sale prices on this property compounded at 11.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £320,000 is 16.4% above the 2018 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£381/sq ft) was about 36.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode.