4 Walnut Drive, Mile End, Colchester, CO4 5ES
About 4 Walnut Drive
4 Walnut Drive is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Mile End, Colchester, Colchester (CO4 5ES). It has a recorded floor area of 104 m² (around 1119 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (May 2014) shows a C (score 74). The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 89). The latest certificate is from May 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Across 2006–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.2% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£331/sq ft) was about 49.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 104 m² it's 27.3% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (143 m² median across 11 EPCs). Last sale on file: £371,000 in March 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Already flagged here
Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
Energy performance
4 Walnut Drive'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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 21 May 2024
EPC Rating
Planning history
4 Walnut Drive has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
14applications of note in the surrounding area
We flagged 2 things worth checking at 4 Walnut Drive
Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.
- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£387,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 2.2% per year over 15 years.
£371,000
Growth on file: 2.2% per year over 15 years.
Sales timeline
16 March 2022Most recent
£371,000
+33.0%over 6 years25 June 2015
£279,000
+4.3%over 8 years8 December 2006
£267,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO4 5ES: £506,500 (2022–2020).
Nearby sales in CO4 5ES
22 Walnut Drive, Mile End, Colchester, CO4 5ES
Sold Jun 2022
£475,0007 Walnut Drive, Mile End, Colchester, CO4 5ES
Sold Sept 2021
£475,00018 Walnut Drive, Mile End, Colchester, CO4 5ES
Sold Jun 2021
£515,0003 Walnut Drive, Mile End, Colchester, CO4 5ES
Sold Feb 2021
£506,50012 Walnut Drive, Mile End, Colchester, CO4 5ES
Sold Nov 2020
£508,000
Everything we know about 4 Walnut Drive, in one report
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
Versus other Walnut Drive homes
4 Walnut Drive outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,567
Street avg £3,030
Floor Area
104 m²
Street avg 142 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
2.8 t/year
Street avg 3.8 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
Whitebeam Close — bus stop.
Closest school
0.7 km
Myland Community Primary School. 15 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
55.2dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
46.0dB