5 Gratian Close, Highwoods, Colchester, CO4 9EX

5 Gratian Close is a detached house in Highwoods, Colchester, Colchester (CO4 9EX). It has a recorded floor area of 52 m² (around 560 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (July 2016) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it C (July 2016); the latest reading is one band lower. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 72). The latest certificate is from July 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 52 m² it sits well below the postcode median (101 m² across 25 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Sold October 2024 for £210,000. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 2003–2024, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.4% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£375/sq ft) was about 98.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode.