1 Wheelwright Place, Mile End, Colchester, CO4 5ZF

1 Wheelwright Place is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Mile End, Colchester, Colchester (CO4 5ZF). It has a recorded floor area of 56 m² (around 603 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2007 onwards and council tax band B. At 56 m² this is the 17th smallest of 18 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 40–63 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to B, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (57 versus a best of 85). The latest certificate (October 2025) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. Earlier certificates rated it C (October 2008); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, window efficiency dropped from Good to Average and hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78). Main heating runs on electricity.

At 56 m² it's 16.7% larger than the typical home in the postcode (48 m² median across 17 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £166,000 is 12.2% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£246/sq ft) was about 15.1% below the postcode norm. On the market in December 2016 and unlisted since — roughly 10 years.