5 Messing Green, Messing, Colchester, CO5 9GD

5 Messing Green is a detached house in Messing, Colchester, Colchester (CO5 9GD). It has a recorded floor area of 215 m² (around 2314 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (August 2017) shows a C (score 74). The rating has held steady at C across 2 certificates since November 2012. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Average and main heating dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 90). Main heating runs on oil.

At 215 m² the property is well over the postcode median (158 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. One planning record on file: a loft conversion approved in 2011. Past consents include a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2001–2018, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £897,000 is 20.4% above the 2018 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£322/sq ft) was about 74.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last changed hands 8 years ago, in April 2018.