10 Windmill Close, Boxted, Colchester, CO4 5SA
About 10 Windmill Close
10 Windmill Close is a detached house in Boxted, Colchester, Colchester (CO4 5SA). It has a recorded floor area of 206 m² (around 2217 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (February 2021) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 70). Main heating runs on oil.
Untraded for 30 years, with the last transfer in November 1996. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 206 m² the property is well over the postcode median (125 m² across 9 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £781,000 sits 322.2% above the 1996 sale of £185,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£83/sq ft) was about 57.9% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2004. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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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
10 Windmill Close's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
10 Windmill Close has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
- Sept 2004ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
First floor rear extension.
- Documents
- 2 docs on file
- Reference
- F/COL/04/1422
We flagged 2 things worth checking at 10 Windmill Close
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
10 Windmill Close's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (1996).
£781,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£185,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
7 November 1996Most recent
£185,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO4 5SA: £470,000 (2024–2018).
Nearby sales in CO4 5SA
8 Windmill Close, Boxted, Colchester, CO4 5SA
Sold Jan 2024
£495,0004 Windmill Close, Boxted, Colchester, CO4 5SA
Sold Aug 2020
£470,00015 Windmill Close, Boxted, Colchester, CO4 5SA
Sold Oct 2019
£8,0009 Windmill Close, Boxted, Colchester, CO4 5SA
Sold Nov 2018
£495,0001 Windmill Close, Boxted, Colchester, CO4 5SA
Sold Nov 2017
£425,000
Everything we know about 10 Windmill Close, 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 Windmill Close homes
On price per m², 10 Windmill Close runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£898
Street avg £2,573
Floor Area
206 m²
Street avg 143 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
8.6 t/year
Street avg 5.8 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
The Cross Inn — bus stop.
Closest school
1.1 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
43.5dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.1dB