7 Barncroft Close, Highwoods, Colchester, CO4 9SF

7 Barncroft Close is a three-bedroom detached house in Highwoods, Colchester, Colchester (CO4 9SF). It has a recorded floor area of 183 m² (around 1970 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (August 2020) shows a C (score 76), near the top of the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 84). Other recorded features include a conservatory.

At 183 m² the property is well over the postcode median (129 m² across 18 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 6 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include a garage conversion, an extension, a porch and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2004–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £497,000 is 25.8% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£201/sq ft) was about 17.4% below the postcode norm. Last sale on file: £395,000 in February 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.