28a, Albany Road, West Bergholt, Colchester, CO6 3LB

28a is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in West Bergholt, Colchester, Colchester (CO6 3LB). It has a recorded floor area of 69 m² (around 743 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (November 2024) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since April 2012. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 2-band jump.

Held since August 2006 — that's 20 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 69 m² it sits well below the postcode median (118 m² across 27 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2005. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1995–2006, sale prices on this property compounded at 16.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £353,000 is 41.5% above the 2006 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£336/sq ft) was about 57.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode.