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EPC B
About 1 Ferrymen Drive
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
1 Ferrymen Drive is a detached house in Rowhedge, Colchester, Colchester (CO5 7BU). It has a recorded floor area of 69 m² (around 743 sq ft) and council tax band B. At 69 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (69–115 m²). On EPC score it ranks last in the building (81 versus a best of 85). The latest certificate (February 2017) returns a B (score 81), comfortably above the UK average.
Sale prices here have outpaced Colchester HPI: 2.9% per year against 0% for the wider region. At 69 m² it's 16.9% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (83 m² median across 9 EPCs). Sold March 2021 for £220,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
1 Ferrymen Drive's carbon output is low for the local stock.
EPC Rating
A
B
B81
C
D
E
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Very Good
CO2 Emissions
1.3 t/year
Occupancy
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Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£226,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 2.9% per year over 4 years.
Last sold (2021)
£220,000
Growth on file: 2.9% per year over 4 years.
Sales timeline
Versus other Ferrymen Drive homes
Four headline reads against 3 similar flats on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
1 Ferrymen Drive outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,188
Street avg £2,923
Floor Area
69 m²
Street avg 69 m²
CO₂ Emissions
1.3 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
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Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.4 km
Wivenhoe Rail Station — railway station.
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around CO5 7BU from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.4dB
Everything within walking distance
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