5 Crossfields, Stoke By Nayland, Colchester, CO6 4RG

5 Crossfields is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Stoke By Nayland, Colchester, Colchester (CO6 4RG). It has a recorded floor area of 53 m² (around 570 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (June 2024) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 3 certificates since April 2014. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Very Good, window efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Average to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 90), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 53 m² it sits well below the postcode median (81 m² across 21 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2014–2018, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £218,000 is 26.7% above the 2018 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£301/sq ft) was about 36% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in February 2018 and unlisted since — roughly 8 years.