7 Walnut Drive, Mile End, Colchester, CO4 5ES
About 7 Walnut Drive
7 Walnut Drive is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Mile End, Colchester, Colchester (CO4 5ES). It has a recorded floor area of 139 m² (around 1496 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (June 2021) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77).
On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2006–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £531,000 is 11.8% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£317/sq ft) was about 37.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £475,000 in September 2021. 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
7 Walnut Drive sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
7 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 7 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.
£531,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.0% per year over 15 years.
£475,000
Growth on file: 3.0% per year over 15 years.
Sales timeline
9 September 2021Most recent
£475,000
+55.7%over 15 years30 July 2006
£305,000
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
£475,0004 Walnut Drive, Mile End, Colchester, CO4 5ES
Sold Mar 2022
£371,00018 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 7 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
EPC Rating for 7 Walnut Drive lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,417
Street avg £3,045
Floor Area
139 m²
Street avg 138 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.8 t/year
Street avg 3.7 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.
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
55.2dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
46.0dB