1 The Causeway, Colchester, CO4 0DJ
About 1 The Causeway
1 The Causeway is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Colchester (CO4 0DJ). It has a recorded floor area of 73 m² (around 786 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (August 2022) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump.
At 73 m² the property is well over the postcode median (51 m² across 23 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2008–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.7% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£388/sq ft) was about 54.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £305,000 in December 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
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
- Dining roomYes
Outside
- Private gardenSouth-west-facing
- ParkingOff road
Energy performance
1 The Causeway sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
1 The Causeway 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.
£302,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.7% per year over 15 years.
£305,000
Growth on file: 4.7% per year over 15 years.
Sales timeline
16 December 2022Most recent
£305,000
+96.8%over 14 years20 April 2008
£155,000
Median price across the last 4 sales in CO4 0DJ: £167,500 (2024–1997).
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Versus other The Causeway homes
On epc rating, 1 The Causeway runs well behind the street norm.
EPC Rating
67 (D)
Street avg 76 (C)
Floor Area
73 m²
Street avg 54 m²
CO₂ Emissions
3.1 t/year
Street avg 1.8 t/year
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 2 rooms
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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
Pondfield Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Willow Brook Primary School and Nursery. 25 schools nearby.
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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.0dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.1dB