1 Ambrose Avenue, Colchester, CO3 4JX

1 Ambrose Avenue is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Colchester (CO3 4JX). It has a recorded floor area of 165 m² (around 1781 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (August 2010) shows a C (score 73). The latest certificate is from August 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since March 2011 — that's 15 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 165 m² the property is well over the postcode median (74 m² across 6 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 83% of similar EPCs). 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. Across 1997–2011, sale prices on this property compounded at 11.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £458,000 sits 57.8% above the 2011 sale of £290,200. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£163/sq ft) was about 43.7% below the postcode norm. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.