72 De Vere Road, Earls Colne, Colchester, CO6 2LZ

72 De Vere Road is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Earls Colne, Colchester, Colchester (CO6 2LZ). It has a recorded floor area of 85 m² (around 915 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (May 2025) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it C (April 2014); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

At 85 m² the property is well over the postcode median (60 m² across 27 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 70% of similar EPCs). Across 1997–2014, sale prices on this property compounded at 10.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £280,000 sits 67.2% above the 2014 sale of £167,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£183/sq ft) was about 27.8% below the postcode norm. On the market in September 2014 and unlisted since — roughly 12 years. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2007. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.