Church Villa, Church Street, Boxted, Colchester, CO4 5SU
About Church Villa
Church Villa is a semi-detached house in Boxted, Colchester, Colchester (CO4 5SU). It has a recorded floor area of 100 m² (around 1076 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (November 2021) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2009. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£423/sq ft) was about 59.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold February 2022 for £455,000. 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
Church Villa's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Church Villa has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
- Sept 2009ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Construction of single storey rear extension.
- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- 090840
We flagged 2 things worth checking at Church Villa
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.
£494,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£455,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
14 February 2022Most recent
£455,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO4 5SU: £408,000 (2025–2016).
Nearby sales in CO4 5SU
Church Cottage, Church Street, Boxted, Colchester, CO4 5SU
Sold Jul 2025
£410,0004 Alberry Cottages, Church Street, Boxted, Colchester, CO4 5SU
Sold Sept 2023
£270,0002 Alberry Cottages, Church Street, Boxted, Colchester, CO4 5SU
Sold Mar 2021
£4,101,481St Peters Cottage, Church Street, Boxted, Colchester, CO4 5SU
Sold Jun 2016
£408,000Gate Cottage, Church Street, Boxted, Colchester, CO4 5SU
Sold Dec 2010
£500,000
Everything we know about Church Villa, 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 Church Street homes
Price per m² for Church Villa runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,550
Street avg £9,714
Floor Area
100 m²
Street avg 117 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.2 t/year
Street avg 8.0 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
1.0 km
Hobbs Drive — bus stop.
Closest school
0.9 km
Boxted St Peter's Church of England School. 1 school 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
43.0dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.8dB