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

2 Redcroft Cottages is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Chappel, Colchester, Colchester (CO6 2EE). It has a recorded floor area of 99 m² (around 1066 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (May 2017) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since September 2012. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

Most recent transfer was May 2025 at £385,000 — fresh data. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2013. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2012–2025, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.4% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£361/sq ft) was about 50% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 99 m² it's 25.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (133 m² median across 9 EPCs).