1 Cotswold Court, Highwoods, Colchester, CO4 9RT

1 Cotswold Court is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Highwoods, Colchester, Colchester (CO4 9RT). It has a recorded floor area of 57 m² (around 614 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (December 2021) shows a C (score 74). When first surveyed in April 2011 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Good, lighting went from Very Poor to Good and main heating went from Average to Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 91).

At 57 m² the property is well over the postcode median (35 m² across 15 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 73% of similar EPCs). Across 1995–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 7% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£407/sq ft) was about 108.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £250,000 in March 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.