Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
Estimated value
£493,000
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
£493,000
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The estimate for Draycott Barn is modelled from its 127 m² EPC floor area, the absence of a recorded sale and recent sales of comparable homes in CO3 9TJ. 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
127 m² from the EPC lodged in March 2022
Sales of this home
No sale recorded since 1995
Recent sales in CO3 9TJ
5 sales, median £630,000 (2025–2021)
| 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 |
Draycott Barn has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO3 9TJ: £630,000 (2025–2021).
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Draycott Barn is a detached house in Fordham Heath, Colchester, Colchester (CO3 9TJ). It has a recorded floor area of 127 m² (around 1367 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 2022. The latest certificate (March 2022) 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 94). Main heating runs on electricity: electricity, unspecified tariff.
On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode.
Draycott Barn ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.
Certificate validity
Valid until 8 March 2032
Draycott Barn has no planning applications on record.
A planning report still maps activity across the surrounding area and reads this property's extension & conversion potential.
EPC Rating for Draycott Barn runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
EPC Rating
85 (B)
Street avg 60 (D)
Floor Area
127 m²
Street avg 142 m²
CO₂ Emissions
1.7 t/year
Street avg 6.1 t/year
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
229/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Huxtables Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
0.8 km
Holy Trinity CofE Primary School, Eight Ash Green and Aldham. 10 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.2dB
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