32 Churchfields, West Mersea, Colchester, CO5 8QJ

32 Churchfields is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in West Mersea, Colchester, Colchester (CO5 8QJ). It has a recorded floor area of 134 m² (around 1442 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (April 2014) shows an F (score 33), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (March 2011); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average; while wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from April 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record.

At 134 m² the property is well over the postcode median (81 m² across 22 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. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2021. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2012–2017, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £362,000 is 27% above the 2017 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£198/sq ft) was about 15.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last changed hands 8 years ago, in December 2017.