The Hop House, Flat 11, Colchester Road, West Bergholt, Colchester, CO6 3NW

The Hop House is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in West Bergholt, Colchester, Colchester (CO6 3NW). It has a recorded floor area of 142 m² (around 1528 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band D. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (August 2024) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. When first surveyed in March 2014 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Very Poor to Good; while main heating dropped from Average to Poor. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 142 m² the property is well over the postcode median (74 m² across 12 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It changed hands recently, sold March 2025 for £303,500. Across 1999–2025, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£199/sq ft) was about 50.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode.