178 High Street, Kelvedon, Colchester, CO5 9JD

178 High Street is a six-bedroom semi-detached house in Kelvedon, Colchester, Colchester (CO5 9JD). It has a recorded floor area of 262 m² (around 2824 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (January 2011) shows an F (score 32), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at F across 2 certificates since September 2008. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Very Good and main heating went from Average to Very Good; while lighting dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The latest certificate is from January 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include outbuildings, attached land beyond the plot and a loft.

Held since May 2011 — that's 15 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 262 m² the property is well over the postcode median (60 m² across 24 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. 6 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. 5 planning records sit against the property, 5 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works and new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent and conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. Across 1996–2011, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £1,030,000 is 44.4% above the 2011 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£252/sq ft) was about 26.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode.