Fridaywood Lodge, Bounstead Road, Blackheath, Colchester, CO2 0DF
About Fridaywood Lodge
Fridaywood Lodge is a detached house in Blackheath, Colchester, Colchester (CO2 0DF). It has a recorded floor area of 283 m² (around 3046 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (August 2023) shows an F (score 35), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 283 m² the property is well over the postcode median (130 m² across 5 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement.
Energy performance
Fridaywood Lodge sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
Fridaywood Lodge has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
1 notable application nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Sales history & valuation
Fridaywood Lodge has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£918,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO2 0DF: £345,000 (2016–2007).
Nearby sales in CO2 0DF
Versus other Bounstead Road homes
EPC Rating for Fridaywood Lodge lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
35 (F)
Street avg 59 (D)
Floor Area
283 m²
Street avg 120 m²
CO₂ Emissions
16.0 t/year
Street avg 5.2 t/year
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Reported crime in the wider district is trending notably upward year-on-year.
Crime
5/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.9 km
Maypole Green — bus stop.
Closest school
1.2 km
St Michael's Primary School and Nursery, Colchester. 13 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
41.6dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.5dB







