6 Ratcliffe Court, Colchester, CO4 0AZ

6 Ratcliffe Court is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Colchester (CO4 0AZ). It has a recorded floor area of 88 m² (around 947 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (June 2023) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it C (October 2009); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 88 m² the property is well over the postcode median (56 m² across 49 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. A recent sale: £195,000 in June 2025. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Today's modelled estimate of £247,000 is 26.7% above the 2025 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£206/sq ft) was about 19.6% below the postcode norm.