17 Dugard Avenue, Colchester, CO3 9EH
About 17 Dugard Avenue
17 Dugard Avenue is a three-bedroom detached house in Colchester (CO3 9EH). It has a recorded floor area of 101 m² (around 1087 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (October 2012) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from October 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. The home occupies a corner plot.
One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2022. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2000–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.7% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£341/sq ft) was about 98.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold June 2021 for £371,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
Outside
- Private gardenWest-facing
- Corner plotYes
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 07 Oct 2022
EPC Rating
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Planning history
17 Dugard Avenue has an approved single-storey side and rear extension on the planning record.
1 application on record at 17 Dugard Avenue, Colchester, CO3 9EH
- Feb 2022PorchFullOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey · Side and rear of property
Proposed single storey rear and side extension including porch to front elevation.
Extension- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- 213379
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Sales history & valuation
Sale price has at least doubled since 2000.
£406,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.7% per year over 21 years.
£371,000
Growth on file: 4.7% per year over 21 years.
Sales timeline
24 June 2021Most recent
£371,000
+32.5%over 6 years29 January 2015
£280,000
+96.5%over 14 years13 September 2000
£142,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO3 9EH: £360,000 (2024–2021).
Nearby sales in CO3 9EH
Versus other Dugard Avenue homes
On habitable rooms, 17 Dugard Avenue runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,673
Street avg £2,463
Floor Area
101 m²
Street avg 107 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.1 t/year
Street avg 4.5 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Dugard Avenue — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Colchester. 21 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.7dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.9dB







