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Get started11 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.
Sale prices here have outpaced Colchester HPI: 4.9% per year against 0% for the wider region. 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. 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). 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.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£360,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.9% per year over 9 years.
£305,000
Growth on file: 4.9% per year over 9 years.
On floor area, 11 Frere Way runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,296
Street avg £3,303
Floor Area
71 m²
Street avg 117 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
41.6dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Connected to mains gas supply
Hot water efficiency improved
Wall insulation upgraded
Roof insulation improved
More low energy lighting installed
Changed to a more efficient fuel source
Hot water efficiency decreased
Hot water system upgraded
Wall insulation upgraded
Loft insulation upgraded to recommended levels
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24 September 2021Most recent
£305,000
+52.9%over 8 years23 November 2012
£199,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO5 7BP: £530,000 (2025–2021).
CO₂ Emissions
3.1 t/year
Street avg 5.7 t/year
CO5 7EX
Frere Way — bus stop.
Closest school
1.0 km
Fingringhoe Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School. 6 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.3dB
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