Vicarage Court, Flat 17, Shrub End Road, Colchester, CO3 4RW

Vicarage Court is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Colchester (CO3 4RW). It has a recorded floor area of 76 m² (around 818 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band B. At 76 m² this is the 8th smallest of 9 units on EPC record in Vicarage Court, where floor areas span 56–76 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to C, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (February 2022) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since January 2009. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79). Main heating runs on electricity.

At 76 m² it's 16% larger than the typical home in the postcode (66 m² median across 8 EPCs). Across 2006–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 1.9% per year. Most recent transfer: August 2022 at £190,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.