The Hop House, Flat 4, Colchester Road, West Bergholt, Colchester, CO6 3NW

The Hop House is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in West Bergholt, Colchester, Colchester (CO6 3NW). It has a recorded floor area of 73 m² (around 790 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band D. At 73 m² this is the 5th smallest of 13 units on EPC record in The Hop House, where floor areas span 60–142 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C across 13 units on file. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (November 2008) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from November 2008, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since July 2009 — that's 17 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. Across 1999–2009, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £199,000 sits 90.4% above the 2009 sale of £104,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£132/sq ft) was about 17.9% below the postcode norm.