9 Church Grove, Aldham, Colchester, CO6 3SA

9 Church Grove is a three-bedroom detached house in Aldham, Colchester, Colchester (CO6 3SA). It has a recorded floor area of 128 m² (around 1378 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (July 2020) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since December 2016. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include notable views.

At 128 m² the property is well over the postcode median (95 m² across 7 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 71% of similar EPCs). Across 1996–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.9% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£325/sq ft) was about 30.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £447,500 in June 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.