5 Barnfield Road, Great Horkesley, Colchester, CO6 4TR

5 Barnfield Road is a three-bedroom detached house in Great Horkesley, Colchester, Colchester (CO6 4TR). It has a recorded floor area of 113 m² (around 1216 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (October 2018) shows an F (score 36), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (November 2008); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Poor to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 65), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Sold September 2021 for £380,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 88% of similar EPCs). Across 2009–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£312/sq ft) was about 49.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode.