Walnut Trees, Straight Road, Boxted, Colchester, CO4 5QW
About Walnut Trees
Walnut Trees is a five-bedroom detached house in Boxted, Colchester, Colchester (CO4 5QW). It has a recorded floor area of 218 m² (around 2347 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (February 2022) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Main heating runs on lpg. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot.
At 218 m² the property is well over the postcode median (114 m² across 6 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2005–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£381/sq ft) was about 54.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: September 2022 at £895,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2007.
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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
- Bedrooms5
- Bathrooms3
- Open-plan layoutYes
- Dining roomYes
- Utility roomYes
- CloakroomYes
- EnsuiteYes
- StudyYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- GarageYes
- LandYes
Energy performance
Walnut Trees's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Jun 2007Change Of UseAmendmentIn report
Change of use of Agricultural Land to domestic garden
- Documents
- 3 docs on file
- Reference
- 071261
We flagged 2 things worth checking at Walnut Trees
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- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on Walnut Trees was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£829,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 9.8% per year over 17 years.
£895,000
Growth on file: 9.8% per year over 17 years.
Sales timeline
1 September 2022Most recent
£895,000
+383.8%over 16 years15 November 2005
£185,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO4 5QW: £299,950 (2021–2011).
Nearby sales in CO4 5QW
Speeds, Straight Road, Boxted, Colchester, CO4 5QW
Sold Mar 2021
£418,0004 Hope Cottages, Straight Road, Boxted, Colchester, CO4 5QW
Sold Apr 2019
£299,950Parkview, Straight Road, Boxted, Colchester, CO4 5QW
Sold Jul 2016
£410,000The Old Village Stores, Straight Road, Boxted, Colchester, CO4 5QW
Sold Jun 2011
£250,000
Everything we know about Walnut Trees, 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 Straight Road homes
On price per m², Walnut Trees stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£4,106
Street avg £2,946
Floor Area
218 m²
Street avg 110 m²
Habitable Rooms
9 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.9 t/year
Street avg 8.3 t/year
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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
Line Cottages — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Boxted St Peter's Church of England School. 2 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.2dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.7dB