3 Horkesley Road, Boxted, Colchester, CO4 5HS
About 3 Horkesley Road
3 Horkesley Road is a semi-detached house in Boxted, Colchester, Colchester (CO4 5HS). It has a recorded floor area of 89 m² (around 958 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (June 2021) shows a G (score 1), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to E (score 40), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on dual fuel.
At 89 m² it sits well below the postcode median (166 m² across 4 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£334/sq ft) was about 85% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Most recent transfer: September 2021 at £320,000. 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
Energy performance
3 Horkesley Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Apr 2024ConditionsIn report
Application for approval of details reserved by conditions 3,6,12&13 -(3 Materials), (6 Planting), (12 CMP), (13 Bike Storage), of approved application 230381
- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- 240782
- Nov 2023Demolition And RebuildFullIn report
Demolition of existing dwelling and replace with a new dwelling.
- Documents
- 21 docs on file
- Reference
- 230381
We flagged 2 things worth checking at 3 Horkesley Road
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- 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.
£341,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£320,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
28 September 2021Most recent
£320,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO4 5HS: £530,000 (2011–2004).
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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
Versus other Horkesley Road homes
3 Horkesley Road is notably below the street on epc rating.
EPC Rating
1 (G)
Street avg 64 (D)
Floor Area
89 m²
Street avg 189 m²
CO₂ Emissions
19.0 t/year
Street avg 7.2 t/year
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 8 rooms
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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
0.6 km
Three Cottages — bus stop.
Closest school
1.4 km
The Bishop William Ward Church of England Primary School. 8 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
45.2dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.8dB