2 Brook Street, Colne Engaine, Colchester, CO6 2EU

2 Brook Street is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Colne Engaine, Colchester, Colchester (CO6 2EU). It has a recorded floor area of 58 m² (around 624 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. Other recorded features include outbuildings. The latest certificate (June 2014) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since January 2009. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from June 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since August 2009 — that's 17 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. Across 2002–2009, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £260,000 sits 52.9% above the 2009 sale of £170,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£272/sq ft) was about 57.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 58 m² it's 20.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (73 m² median across 17 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 88% of similar EPCs).