1 Martello Road is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Walton On The Naze (CO14 8BP). It has a recorded floor area of 72 m² (around 775 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (June 2021) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in November 2012 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and main heating went from Average to Good; while lighting dropped from Very Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 88), a 2-band jump.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 6.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£258/sq ft) was about 119.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 72 m² it sits well below the postcode median (110 m² across 9 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Last sale on file: £199,999 in January 2024. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property.
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Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
1 Martello Road has no planning applications on record.
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1 Martello Road saw 4 transfers in just over a decade — high turnover for the postcode.
£210,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.3% per year over 10 years.
£199,999
Growth on file: 6.3% per year over 10 years.
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1 Martello Road outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,778
Street avg £1,731
Floor Area
72 m²
Street avg 111 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
5/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Walton Church — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.0dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Replaced storage heaters with gas boiler
Connected to mains gas supply
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Hot water system upgraded
Single glazing replaced with double or better glazing
Loft insulation upgraded to recommended levels
Low energy lighting percentage decreased
30 January 2024Most recent
£199,999
+25.0%over 6 years11 July 2017
£159,995
+17.6%over 2 years19 November 2014
£136,000
+24.8%over 9 months6 February 2014
£109,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO14 8BP: £189,000 (2023–2021).

Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.7 t/year
Street avg 7.2 t/year
CO14 8BL
Closest school
0.6 km
Walton on the Naze Primary School. 4 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.1dB