22 Barncroft Close, Highwoods, Colchester, CO4 9SF

22 Barncroft Close is a five-bedroom detached house in Highwoods, Colchester, Colchester (CO4 9SF). It has a recorded floor area of 198 m² (around 2131 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (September 2021) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it C (August 2019); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77). Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.

At 198 m² the property is well over the postcode median (129 m² across 18 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include a loft conversion, a garage conversion, an annexe and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1995–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £708,000 is 16.8% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£284/sq ft) was about 19.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: March 2021 at £606,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.