327 Ipswich Road, Colchester, CO4 0HN

327 Ipswich Road is a two-bedroom detached house in Colchester (CO4 0HN). It has a recorded floor area of 77 m² (around 832 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (August 2009) shows a G (score 17), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at G across 2 certificates since July 2009. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and window efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to E (score 41), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from August 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 77 m² it's 21.9% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (99 m² median across 18 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2007–2014, sale prices on this property compounded at -1.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £327,000 sits 52.1% above the 2014 sale of £215,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£258/sq ft) was about 29.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On the market in July 2014 and unlisted since — roughly 12 years.