4 Fiddlers House, Ipswich Road, Colchester, CO4 0AF
About 4 Fiddlers House
4 Fiddlers House is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Colchester (CO4 0AF). It has a recorded floor area of 46 m² (around 495 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band B. At 46 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (46–58 m²). The building's EPC ratings span C to B, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (77 versus a best of 81). Other recorded features include a balcony. The latest certificate (December 2020) shows a C (score 77), near the top of the C band.
At 46 m² it sits well below the postcode median (70 m² across 26 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Across 2009–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.9% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£313/sq ft) was about 69.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £155,000 in September 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms2
Outside
- ParkingYes
- BalconyYes
Building
- Central heatingYes
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
4 Fiddlers House's carbon output is low for the local stock.
EPC Rating
Planning history
4 Fiddlers House has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
1applications of note in the surrounding area
Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£156,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 2.9% per year over 12 years.
£155,000
Growth on file: 2.9% per year over 12 years.
Sales timeline
2 September 2021Most recent
£155,000
+29.2%over 9 years22 August 2012
£119,950
+9.0%over 2 years8 October 2009
£110,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO4 0AF: £140,000 (2025–2024).
Nearby sales in CO4 0AF
160b, Ipswich Road, Colchester, CO4 0AF
Sold Aug 2025
£300,0001 Fiddlers House, Ipswich Road, Colchester, CO4 0AF
Sold May 2025
£140,000152 Ipswich Road, Colchester, CO4 0AF
Sold Oct 2024
£116,000134 Ipswich Road, Colchester, CO4 0AF
Sold Jun 2024
£280,0006 Fiddlers House, Ipswich Road, Colchester, CO4 0AF
Sold Mar 2023
£188,000
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Versus other Ipswich Road homes
Price per m² for 4 Fiddlers House runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,370
Street avg £2,116
Floor Area
46 m²
Street avg 61 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 3 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
1.2 t/year
Street avg 2.3 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.0 km
Valentines Drive — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Willow Brook Primary School and Nursery. 27 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.4dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.5dB