Alcrofts Farm, Bures Road, West Bergholt, Colchester, CO6 3DW

Alcrofts Farm is a detached house in West Bergholt, Colchester, Colchester (CO6 3DW). It has a recorded floor area of 224 m² (around 2411 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (August 2025) 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 May 2010. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

Across 2010–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £856,000 is 22.2% below the 2022 sale of £1,100,000, an unusual pattern given regional price growth and worth checking against the EPC condition. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£456/sq ft) was about 489.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 15 planning records sit against the property, 10 approved, 4 refused. Past consents include an annexe, an extension, partial demolition and new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. At 224 m² it's 29.5% larger than the typical home in the postcode (173 m² median across 3 EPCs). Last sale on file: £1,100,000 in February 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.