18 Birch Street, Birch, Colchester, CO2 0NF

18 Birch Street is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Birch, Colchester, Colchester (CO2 0NF). It has a recorded floor area of 168 m² (around 1808 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (December 2023) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77). Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include notable views. The home occupies a corner plot.

It hasn't traded since October 2003, a hold of 23 years that's notably long for the area. At 168 m² the property is well over the postcode median (119 m² across 8 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £498,000 sits 162.1% above the 2003 sale of £190,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£105/sq ft) was about 37.8% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2004. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.