Captains Field, Peldon Road, Abberton, Colchester, CO5 7PB

Captains Field is a five-bedroom detached house in Abberton, Colchester, Colchester (CO5 7PB). It has a recorded floor area of 244 m² (around 2626 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (July 2022) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in April 2018 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good, window efficiency went from Poor to Average and hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 65). Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include notable views, a self-contained annexe, outbuildings and attached land beyond the plot. Period features are noted in the property record.

Sale prices here have outpaced Colchester HPI: 6.8% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£476/sq ft) was about 101.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 244 m² the property is well over the postcode median (110 m² across 20 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. 4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sale on file: £1,250,000 in November 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.