3 Blackwater Drive, West Mersea, Colchester, CO5 8NJ

3 Blackwater Drive is a detached house in West Mersea, Colchester, Colchester (CO5 8NJ). It has a recorded floor area of 200 m² (around 2153 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (March 2020) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since October 2014. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good, window efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 72).

At 200 m² the property is well over the postcode median (144 m² across 9 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£330/sq ft) was about 50.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold July 2021 for £710,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.