23 Fairhead Road North, Colchester, CO4 0BW
About 23 Fairhead Road North
23 Fairhead Road North is a semi-detached house in Colchester (CO4 0BW). It has a recorded floor area of 99 m² (around 1066 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (June 2022) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 2-band jump.
At 99 m² the property is well over the postcode median (70 m² across 37 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 81% of similar EPCs). Across 1997–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 10.3% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£249/sq ft) was about 67.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £265,000 in September 2022. 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
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
23 Fairhead Road North has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
1applications of note in the surrounding area
Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 23 Fairhead Road North was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£289,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 10.3% per year over 25 years.
£265,000
Growth on file: 10.3% per year over 25 years.
Sales timeline
19 September 2022Most recent
£265,000
+1028.1%over 24 years24 November 1997
£23,490
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO4 0BW: £245,000 (2024–2015).
Nearby sales in CO4 0BW
29 Fairhead Road North, Colchester, CO4 0BW
Sold Oct 2024
£260,00018 Fairhead Road North, Colchester, CO4 0BW
Sold Jun 2023
£245,00017 Fairhead Road North, Colchester, CO4 0BW
Sold Jan 2021
£250,00040 Fairhead Road North, Colchester, CO4 0BW
Sold Jul 2015
£169,99524 Fairhead Road North, Colchester, CO4 0BW
Sold Apr 2015
£129,000
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Versus other Fairhead Road North homes
23 Fairhead Road North outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,677
Street avg £2,413
Floor Area
99 m²
Street avg 73 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.3 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
0.2 km
Dilbridge Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Willow Brook Primary School and Nursery. 27 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.0dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.9dB