7 Bouchiers Place, Messing, Colchester, CO5 9TY

7 Bouchiers Place is a four-bedroom detached house in Messing, Colchester, Colchester (CO5 9TY). It has a recorded floor area of 221 m² (around 2379 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (November 2025) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since March 2015. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 70). Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot.

At 221 m² the property is well over the postcode median (112 m² across 3 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 11 years since the last transfer (June 2015). Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2017. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1997–2015, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £840,000 is 35.5% above the 2015 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£261/sq ft) was about 43.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode.