1 Redcroft Cottages, Swan Street, Chappel, Colchester, CO6 2EE

1 Redcroft Cottages is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Chappel, Colchester, Colchester (CO6 2EE). It has a recorded floor area of 73 m² (around 789 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (December 2011) shows a G (score 1), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it F (December 2011); the latest reading is one band lower. The recommended improvements would push it to F (score 27). Main heating runs on dual fuel. The latest certificate is from December 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 73 m² it sits well below the postcode median (133 m² across 9 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2000–2020, sale prices on this property compounded at 7% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£425/sq ft) was about 67.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: November 2020 at £335,000.