Rose Wood, Queensberry Avenue, Copford, Colchester, CO6 1YN

Rose Wood is a two-bedroom detached house in Copford, Colchester, Colchester (CO6 1YN). It has a recorded floor area of 66 m² (around 710 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (February 2023) shows a C (score 70). When first surveyed in January 2023 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 87). Period features are noted in the property record.

Held since August 1999 — that's 27 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £347,000 sits 265.3% above the 1999 sale of £95,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£134/sq ft) was about 44.6% below the postcode norm. At 66 m² it sits well below the postcode median (148 m² across 15 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 73% of similar EPCs).