17 Birch Street, Nayland, Colchester, CO6 4JA

17 Birch Street is a four-bedroom detached house in Nayland, Colchester, Colchester (CO6 4JA). It has a recorded floor area of 221 m² (around 2379 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (March 2024) shows an F (score 35), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at F across 2 certificates since March 2010. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Poor to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 59), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

At 221 m² the property is well over the postcode median (57 m² across 8 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 planning records sit against the property, 5 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include new windows, an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. Sold May 2024 for £870,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 2001–2024, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.9% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£366/sq ft) was about 43.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode.