42 The Rookeries, London Road, Marks Tey, Colchester, CO6 1DY

42 The Rookeries is an end-of-terrace house in Marks Tey, Colchester, Colchester (CO6 1DY). It has a recorded floor area of 48 m² (around 517 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band B. At 48 m² this is the 29th smallest of 56 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 39–55 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (October 2019) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (June 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2006–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 1.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £149,000 is 18.3% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£244/sq ft) was about 48.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £126,000 in July 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.