4 Birch Street, Birch, Colchester, CO2 0NF

4 Birch Street is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Birch, Colchester, Colchester (CO2 0NF). It has a recorded floor area of 174 m² (around 1873 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (April 2025) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78). Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe.

It hasn't traded since July 2002, a hold of 24 years that's notably long for the area. At 174 m² the property is well over the postcode median (119 m² across 8 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £528,000 sits 240.7% above the 2002 sale of £154,995. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£83/sq ft) was about 51% below the postcode norm. 5 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, a porch and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.