9 Chapel Street, Rowhedge, Colchester, CO5 7JS

9 Chapel Street is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Rowhedge, Colchester, Colchester (CO5 7JS). It has a recorded floor area of 55 m² (around 592 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (March 2021) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in January 2011 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and main heating dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 89), a 2-band jump.

Sale prices here have outpaced Colchester HPI: 8.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£439/sq ft) was about 137.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: September 2021 at £260,000. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. At 55 m² it's 27.6% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (76 m² median across 23 EPCs).