1 Creek View Cottages, Maldon Road, Great Wigborough, Colchester, CO5 7SB

1 Creek View Cottages is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Great Wigborough, Colchester, Colchester (CO5 7SB). It has a recorded floor area of 105 m² (around 1130 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (January 2026) shows an F (score 28), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at F across 3 certificates since October 2015. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average; while window efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 66), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The property has underfloor heating on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.

At 105 m² it's 16.7% larger than the typical home in the postcode (90 m² median across 5 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2004–2016, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £360,000 is 31.4% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£242/sq ft) was about 28.4% below the postcode norm. On the market in March 2016 and unlisted since — roughly 10 years.