11 Frere Way, Fingringhoe, Colchester, CO5 7BP

11 Frere Way is a three-bedroom detached house in Fingringhoe, Colchester, Colchester (CO5 7BP). It has a recorded floor area of 71 m² (around 764 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (December 2024) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in August 2012 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average and roof efficiency went from Average to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 71 m² it sits well below the postcode median (123 m² across 15 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 73% of similar EPCs). Across 2012–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £360,000 is 18% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£399/sq ft) was about 38.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: September 2021 at £305,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.