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Get started27 Essex Hall Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Colchester (CO1 1ZP). It has a recorded floor area of 76 m² (around 818 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (June 2025) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since January 2015. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 87), a 2-band jump.
Sale prices here have outpaced Colchester HPI: 8% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £336,000 is 34.4% above the 2015 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£306/sq ft) was about 53.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 76 m² the property is well over the postcode median (56 m² across 15 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Last sold in June 2015, so it's been off the market for around 11 years.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
27 Essex Hall Road has more than tripled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1998.
£336,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.0% per year over 17 years.
£249,995
Growth on file: 8.0% per year over 17 years.
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27 Essex Hall Road outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,289
Street avg £3,041
Floor Area
76 m²
Street avg 59 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
6/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Colchester Rail Station — railway station.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
54.9dB

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Changes detected from historical EPC data
Roof insulation improved
More low energy lighting installed
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17 June 2015Most recent
£249,995
+127.3%over 13 years22 August 2001
£110,000
+63.0%over 3 years8 May 1998
£67,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO1 1ZP: £207,000 (2023–2018).
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Street avg 3 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.1 t/year
Street avg 2.6 t/year
CO1 1ZU
Closest school
0.4 km
North Primary School and Nursery. 27 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
46.1dB