13 Brickhouse Close, West Mersea, Colchester, CO5 8LA

13 Brickhouse Close is a four-bedroom detached house in West Mersea, Colchester, Colchester (CO5 8LA). It has a recorded floor area of 212 m² (around 2282 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (August 2014) shows an F (score 29), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at F across 2 certificates since May 2010. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from August 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 212 m² the property is well over the postcode median (141 m² across 8 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. Across 1996–2014, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £533,000 sits 93.8% above the 2014 sale of £275,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£121/sq ft) was about 26.3% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2019. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On the market in May 2014 and unlisted since — roughly 12 years.