17 Booth Avenue, Colchester, CO4 3BB
About 17 Booth Avenue
17 Booth Avenue is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Colchester (CO4 3BB). It has a recorded floor area of 75 m² (around 804 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (September 2011) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. The latest certificate is from September 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2020. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 77% of similar EPCs). Across 2012–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.3% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£354/sq ft) was about 64.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: April 2021 at £285,000. 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
Outside
- Private gardenRear
- ParkingOff road
Energy performance
17 Booth Avenue's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 06 Sept 2021
EPC Rating
Planning history
Council records include a two-storey side and rear extension at 17 Booth Avenue.
- Jul 2020ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Two storey · Side and rear of property
2 storey side and rear extension to existing dwelling(Amended Plans)
- Documents
- 11 docs on file
- Reference
- 201056
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- Signs of HMO activity in the area
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Sales history & valuation
17 Booth Avenue saw 3 transfers in just over a decade — high turnover for the postcode.
£310,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.3% per year over 9 years.
£285,000
Growth on file: 6.3% per year over 9 years.
Sales timeline
18 April 2021Most recent
£285,000
+48.4%over 6 years25 September 2014
£192,000
+17.8%over 2 years9 March 2012
£163,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO4 3BB: £269,000 (2023–2022).
Nearby sales in CO4 3BB
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What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Signs of HMO activity in the area
Versus other Booth Avenue homes
17 Booth Avenue outperforms the street on co₂ emissions by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,813
Street avg £2,980
Floor Area
75 m²
Street avg 89 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
2.8 t/year
Street avg 4.2 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Longcroft Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Willow Brook Primary School and Nursery. 29 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.3dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.0dB