30 Maraschino Crescent, Holt Drive, Colchester, CO2 0DN
About 30 Maraschino Crescent
30 Maraschino Crescent is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Colchester (CO2 0DN). It has a recorded floor area of 44 m² (around 474 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (March 2022) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 95), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
At 44 m² it sits well below the postcode median (68 m² across 17 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. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£401/sq ft) was about 101.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold June 2022 for £190,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms1
- Bathrooms1
Energy performance
30 Maraschino Crescent sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
30 Maraschino Crescent 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
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£205,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£190,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
28 June 2022Most recent
£190,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO2 0DN: £268,000 (2025–2020).
Nearby sales in CO2 0DN
13 Maraschino Crescent, Holt Drive, Colchester, CO2 0DN
Sold Jun 2025
£320,0004 Maraschino Crescent, Holt Drive, Colchester, CO2 0DN
Sold Nov 2023
£290,00028 Maraschino Crescent, Holt Drive, Colchester, CO2 0DN
Sold Nov 2020
£216,00010 Maraschino Crescent, Holt Drive, Colchester, CO2 0DN
Sold Oct 2020
£245,00020 Maraschino Crescent, Holt Drive, Colchester, CO2 0DN
Sold Jun 2020
£247,500
Versus other Maraschino Crescent homes
Price per m² for 30 Maraschino Crescent runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,318
Street avg £2,806
Floor Area
44 m²
Street avg 71 m²
Habitable Rooms
2 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.5 t/year
Street avg 3.0 t/year
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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
0.2 km
The Cherry Tree — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
Cherry Tree Academy. 14 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
46.6dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.1dB







