Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
Estimated value
£173,000
Newest record on this page: December 2025. Land Registry and EPC registers update monthly, so this page can trail them by 2–3 months.
Our estimate
£173,000
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The estimate for 1a is modelled from its 65 m² EPC floor area, its 3 recorded sales and recent sales of comparable homes in CO3 3DB. It is an automated estimate, not a survey or mortgage valuation: condition, layout and improvements that aren't on record can move the real figure either way.
Floor area
65 m² from the EPC lodged in July 2018
Sales of this home
3 sales recorded, the latest in 2021
Recent sales in CO3 3DB
5 sales, median £235,000 (2025–2020)
| Data | This page | Full report |
|---|---|---|
| Sales | Latest sale shown: December 2025 | Latest available records, read when you order |
| Valuation | Estimate from the last refresh | Analysed against comparable sales |
| Planning | None on this home | Full history, plus nearby schemes |
| Flood risk | Not shown | Included |
1a's sale-price growth has lagged the wider UK trajectory across its history on file.
24 June 2021Most recent
£138,000
+7.8%over 5 years9 August 2015
£128,000
+11.3%over 11 years29 October 2003
£114,995
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO3 3DB: £235,000 (2025–2020).
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1a is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Colchester (CO3 3DB). It has a recorded floor area of 65 m² (around 700 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (July 2018) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 56). Main heating runs on electricity. At 65 m² this is the 16th smallest of 28 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 25–165 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C across 28 units on file.
It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 85% of similar EPCs). Across 2003–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £173,000 is 25.4% above the 2021 sale price. Last sale on file: £138,000 in June 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Certificate validity
Valid until 9 July 2028
1a has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
10 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
1a is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£2,123
Street avg £2,221
Floor Area
65 m²
Street avg 45 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 2 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.2 t/year
Street avg 2.7 t/year
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
229/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Maldon Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
St John's Green Primary School. 34 schools nearby.
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42.4dB
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