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Get started23 Churchfields is a semi-detached house in West Mersea, Colchester, Colchester (CO5 8QJ). It has a recorded floor area of 44 m² (around 474 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (November 2019) returns a B (score 81), comfortably above the UK average. When first surveyed in June 2015 the rating was C, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average.
At 44 m² it sits well below the postcode median (83 m² across 22 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 86% of similar EPCs).
23 Churchfields's carbon output is low for the local stock.
23 Churchfields has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£229,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
On floor area, 23 Churchfields runs well behind the street norm.
EPC Rating
81 (B)
Street avg 60 (D)
Floor Area
44 m²
Street avg 89 m²
CO₂ Emissions
1.2 t/year
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.8dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
More low energy lighting installed
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Median price across the last 5 sales in CO5 8QJ: £369,000 (2025–2018).
Street avg 4.7 t/year
Habitable Rooms
2 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO5 8TL
High Street — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Mersea Island School. 1 school nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.3dB