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

8 Blackwater Drive is a semi-detached house in West Mersea, Colchester, Colchester (CO5 8NJ). It has a recorded floor area of 39 m² (around 420 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band F. At 39 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (39–200 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to B across 10 units on file. The latest certificate (January 2020) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since March 2013. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 73).

Today's modelled estimate of £318,000 is 43.7% below the 2020 sale of £565,000, below the original sale price, which typically signals condition or completion-status changes worth verifying. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£1,346/sq ft) was about 510.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 39 m² it sits well below the postcode median (146 m² across 9 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Last sale on file: £565,000 in October 2020.