1 Messing Green, Messing, Colchester, CO5 9GD

1 Messing Green is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Messing, Colchester, Colchester (CO5 9GD). It has a recorded floor area of 127 m² (around 1372 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (January 2012) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 70). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from January 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.

At 127 m² it sits well below the postcode median (200 m² across 4 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include a loft conversion, new windows and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2001–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£317/sq ft) was about 71.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold February 2021 for £435,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.