17 Fairhead Road North, Colchester, CO4 0BW

17 Fairhead Road North is a semi-detached house in Colchester (CO4 0BW). It has a recorded floor area of 84 m² (around 904 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (February 2026) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since December 2014. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average; while window efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77). This certificate was lodged in the last six months, so the rating reflects current condition.

Sold January 2021 for £250,000. Across the public record there are 4 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. At 84 m² it's 20% larger than the typical home in the postcode (70 m² median across 37 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 81% of similar EPCs). Across 2001–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £283,000 is 13.2% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£276/sq ft) was about 66.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode.