4 Borges Gardens, Mile End, Colchester, CO4 5EF
About 4 Borges Gardens
4 Borges Gardens is a detached house in Mile End, Colchester, Colchester (CO4 5EF). It has a recorded floor area of 277 m² (around 2982 sq ft). The latest certificate (June 2020) returns a high B (score 87), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating.
Held since May 1999 — that's 27 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £874,000 sits 1406.9% above the 1999 sale of £58,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£19/sq ft) was about 92.9% below the postcode norm.
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Valuation
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Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
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Trends
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Energy performance
Achieving this rating across a home of this size is uncommon — larger homes typically score lower.
EPC Rating
Planning history
4 Borges Gardens has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
14applications of note in the surrounding area
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- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
4 Borges Gardens's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (1999).
£874,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£58,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
27 May 1999Most recent
£58,000
Median price across the last 4 sales in CO4 5EF: £375,500 (2023–1999).
Nearby sales in CO4 5EF
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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
- Larger development activity nearby
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Link Close — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Myland Community Primary School. 21 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.3dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.8dB