7 Church Street, Colne Engaine, Colchester, CO6 2EX

7 Church Street is a semi-detached house in Colne Engaine, Colchester, Colchester (CO6 2EX). It has a recorded floor area of 60 m² (around 646 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (August 2024) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in January 2012 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Poor to Average, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 116), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Across 2013–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £249,000 sits 50.9% above the 2021 sale of £165,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£255/sq ft) was about 17.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 60 m² it sits well below the postcode median (87 m² across 10 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 70% of similar EPCs). Last sale on file: £165,000 in February 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.