3 Broad Oaks Park, Colchester, CO4 0JX
About 3 Broad Oaks Park
3 Broad Oaks Park is a two-bedroom detached house in Colchester (CO4 0JX). It has a recorded floor area of 76 m² (around 818 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (July 2016) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump.
Sold August 2021 for £325,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 2001–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.9% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£397/sq ft) was about 84.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 76 m² it's 28.6% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (107 m² median across 18 EPCs). One historical planning record sits against the property in 2019.
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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
- Bathrooms1
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Sept 2019RenovationOutlineIn report
Application for a lawful development certificate for the proposed enlargement of the width of the front and side windows on a bungalow. Materials will be of same of appearance.
- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- 191785
What's in 3 Broad Oaks Park, Colchester, CO4 0JX's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
Sale price has grown by over 3x since 2001.
£353,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.9% per year over 20 years.
£325,000
Growth on file: 5.9% per year over 20 years.
Sales timeline
1 August 2021Most recent
£325,000
+32.7%over 2 years13 June 2019
£245,000
-5.8%over 2 years12 April 2017
£260,000
+154.9%over 15 years3 May 2001
£102,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO4 0JX: £405,000 (2024–2022).
Nearby sales in CO4 0JX
16 Broad Oaks Park, Colchester, CO4 0JX
Sold Sept 2024
£375,0004 Broad Oaks Park, Colchester, CO4 0JX
Sold Jan 2024
£415,00029 Broad Oaks Park, Colchester, CO4 0JX
Sold Jul 2023
£365,00011 Broad Oaks Park, Colchester, CO4 0JX
Sold Dec 2022
£442,50035 Broad Oaks Park, Colchester, CO4 0JX
Sold Oct 2022
£405,000
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Versus other Broad Oaks Park homes
On floor area, 3 Broad Oaks Park runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,276
Street avg £3,429
Floor Area
76 m²
Street avg 105 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.3 t/year
Street avg 3.9 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
St Christopher Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.7 km
Parsons Heath Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School. 17 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.4dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.5dB