8 Captain Gardens, Colchester, CO2 7FX
About 8 Captain Gardens
8 Captain Gardens is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Colchester (CO2 7FX). It has a recorded floor area of 102 m² (around 1098 sq ft) and council tax band D. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (September 2014) returns a high B (score 85), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. The recommended improvements would push it to A (score 95). The latest certificate is from September 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 102 m² the property is well over the postcode median (75 m² across 30 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2014–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.9% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£291/sq ft) was about 21.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £320,000 in February 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms2
- Dining roomYes
- CloakroomYes
Outside
- Private gardenRear
- GarageYes
Building
- TenureFreehold
- Central heatingYes
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
8 Captain Gardens's carbon output is low for the local stock.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 08 Sept 2024
EPC Rating
Certificate validity
Expired on 8 September 2024
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Planning history
8 Captain Gardens has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
4 notable applications 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.
£325,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.9% per year over 7 years.
£320,000
Growth on file: 6.9% per year over 7 years.
Sales timeline
18 February 2022Most recent
£320,000
+64.1%over 7 years25 September 2014
£194,995
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO2 7FX: £247,500 (2025–2022).
Nearby sales in CO2 7FX
19 Captain Gardens, Colchester, CO2 7FX
Sold Jun 2025
£199,00017 Captain Gardens, Colchester, CO2 7FX
Sold Mar 2025
£203,0002 Captain Gardens, Colchester, CO2 7FX
Sold Mar 2023
£247,50026 Captain Gardens, Colchester, CO2 7FX
Sold Nov 2022
£260,00022 Captain Gardens, Colchester, CO2 7FX
Sold Sept 2022
£275,000
Versus other Captain Gardens homes
On years held, 8 Captain Gardens runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,137
Street avg £2,725
Floor Area
102 m²
Street avg 95 m²
CO₂ Emissions
1.4 t/year
Street avg 1.5 t/year
Years Held
4 years
Street avg 8 years
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
311/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Napier Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
St. George's School. 36 schools nearby.
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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
52.0dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.8dB







