59 California Close, Colchester, CO4 9SG

59 California Close is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Colchester (CO4 9SG). It has a recorded floor area of 51 m² (around 549 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band B. At 51 m² this is the 35th smallest of 56 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 24–59 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (September 2018) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since October 2008. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good and window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average; while lighting dropped from Average to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 51 m² it's 24.4% larger than the typical home in the postcode (41 m² median across 55 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1995–2023, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.1% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£305/sq ft) was about 55.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: January 2023 at £167,500.