53 Dunthorne Road, Colchester, CO4 0HZ
About 53 Dunthorne Road
53 Dunthorne Road is a three-bedroom detached house in Colchester (CO4 0HZ). It has a recorded floor area of 93 m² (around 1001 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (August 2018) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 63). Other recorded features include a conservatory. Period features are noted in the property record.
It changed hands recently, sold June 2025 for £475,000. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 81% of similar EPCs). Across 2019–2025, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.7% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£475/sq ft) was about 135.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One planning record on file: an annexe refused in 2023.
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Valuation
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Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
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Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
- ConservatoryYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- DrivewayYes
Building
- Period featuresYes
Energy performance
53 Dunthorne Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
A an annexe application was refused at 53 Dunthorne Road in 2023.
- Feb 2023AnnexFullIn report
Proposed stationing of mobile home within curtilage of the property tobe used as an annexe integral to the overall use of the property as a single dwelling. It would share services, facilities and access with the house.
- Documents
- 16 docs on file
- Reference
- 221276
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 53 Dunthorne Road was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£452,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.7% per year over 6 years.
£475,000
Growth on file: 4.7% per year over 6 years.
Sales timeline
26 June 2025Most recent
£475,000
+30.1%over 5 years29 September 2019
£365,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO4 0HZ: £330,000 (2025–2023).
Nearby sales in CO4 0HZ
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Versus other Dunthorne Road homes
53 Dunthorne Road is notably below the street on years held.
Price per m²
£5,108
Street avg £3,416
Floor Area
93 m²
Street avg 89 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.3 t/year
Street avg 4.2 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Dunthorne Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Parsons Heath Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School. 16 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.1dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.1dB