8 Barncroft Close, Highwoods, Colchester, CO4 9SF

8 Barncroft Close is a seven-bedroom semi-detached house in Highwoods, Colchester, Colchester (CO4 9SF). It has a recorded floor area of 46 m² (around 495 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (July 2022) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in April 2011 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 69). Main heating runs on electricity. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

At 46 m² it sits well below the postcode median (132 m² across 18 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 7 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £737,000 is 19.1% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£1,250/sq ft) was about 460.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold December 2022 for £619,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.