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

6 Brook Street is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Colne Engaine, Colchester, Colchester (CO6 2EU). It has a recorded floor area of 62 m² (around 667 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. Period features are noted in the property record. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position. The latest certificate (June 2020) shows an F (score 27), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at F across 2 certificates since February 2009. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and lighting dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 62 m² it's 15.1% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (73 m² median across 17 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. It changed hands recently, sold August 2025 for £260,000. Across 1996–2025, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.1% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£390/sq ft) was about 120.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2002.