16 High Street, Earls Colne, Colchester, CO6 2PA

16 High Street is an end-of-terrace house in Earls Colne, Colchester, Colchester (CO6 2PA). It has a recorded floor area of 51 m² (around 549 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (May 2021) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in August 2010 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Average to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 88), a 2-band jump.

One planning record on file: tree works approved in 2022. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. At 51 m² it sits well below the postcode median (90 m² across 20 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Sold January 2023 for £245,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 2011–2023, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.3% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£446/sq ft) was about 125.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode.