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

7 Blackwater Drive is a three-bedroom detached house in West Mersea, Colchester, Colchester (CO5 8NJ). It has a recorded floor area of 111 m² (around 1195 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (July 2024) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since August 2014. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

At 111 m² it's 24% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (146 m² median across 9 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2023–2024, sale prices on this property compounded at -3.4% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£460/sq ft) was about 150.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: November 2024 at £550,000.