7 Hanbury Gardens, Highwoods, Colchester, CO4 9TR

7 Hanbury Gardens is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Highwoods, Colchester, Colchester (CO4 9TR). It has a recorded floor area of 41 m² (around 441 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (July 2025) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since May 2013. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Average; while window efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 41 m² it sits well below the postcode median (68 m² across 11 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Across 2006–2017, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £192,000 is 18.5% above the 2017 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£367/sq ft) was about 99.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last changed hands 8 years ago, in December 2017.