5 Grantham Road, Great Horkesley, Colchester, CO6 4TU

5 Grantham Road is a four-bedroom detached house in Great Horkesley, Colchester, Colchester (CO6 4TU). It has a recorded floor area of 46 m² (around 497 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (September 2009) shows an F (score 28), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 48). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from September 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It hasn't traded since July 2005, a hold of 21 years that's notably long for the area. At 46 m² it sits well below the postcode median (97 m² across 28 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 2003–2005, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £343,000 sits 106.6% above the 2005 sale of £166,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£334/sq ft) was about 66.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode.