29 Albany Road, West Bergholt, Colchester, CO6 3LB

29 Albany Road is a four-bedroom detached house in West Bergholt, Colchester, Colchester (CO6 3LB). It has a recorded floor area of 158 m² (around 1701 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (August 2021) shows a C (score 74). When first surveyed in July 2015 the rating was G, the property has climbed 4 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good and window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 82).

At 158 m² the property is well over the postcode median (111 m² across 27 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 81% of similar EPCs). One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2019. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2019–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 34.9% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£382/sq ft) was about 79.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold November 2021 for £650,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.