8 Mersea Road, Colchester, CO2 7EX
About 8 Mersea Road
8 Mersea Road is a semi-detached house in Colchester (CO2 7EX). It has a recorded floor area of 142 m² (around 1528 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (February 2025) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78).
At 142 m² the property is well over the postcode median (35 m² across 15 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £312,000 sits 56% above the 2016 sale of £200,000. Last sold in March 2016, so it's been off the market for around 10 years. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2011.
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Energy performance
8 Mersea Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
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Planning history
1 application on record at 8 Mersea Road, Colchester, CO2 7EX
- Aug 2011ApplicationOutcome in report
certificate of lawful use for existing use of property as student accomodation by six university students occupying the premisesfor a period of ten calendar months only between the 1st of September in any one year and the 30th of June in the following yea
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 8 Mersea Road was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£312,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£200,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
8 March 2016Most recent
£200,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO2 7EX: £88,000 (2020–2007).
Nearby sales in CO2 7EX
Versus other Mersea Road homes
Floor Area for 8 Mersea Road runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£1,408
Street avg £1,157
Floor Area
142 m²
Street avg 83 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.2 t/year
Street avg 4.5 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
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
Town Railway Station — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
St John's Green Primary School. 35 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
52.1dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.4dB