2 Blade Road, Colchester, CO4 5ZU
About 2 Blade Road
2 Blade Road is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Colchester (CO4 5ZU). It has a recorded floor area of 118 m² (around 1265 sq ft) and council tax band D. The latest certificate (January 2009) returns a B (score 81), comfortably above the UK average. The latest certificate is from January 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Across 2008–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.4% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£259/sq ft) was about 39.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £328,000 in February 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
- Bedrooms1
- Bathrooms3
Energy performance
2 Blade Road's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 30 Jan 2019
EPC Rating
Planning history
2 Blade Road has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
14applications of note in the surrounding area
We flagged 2 things worth checking at 2 Blade 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.
£352,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 2.4% per year over 13 years.
£328,000
Growth on file: 2.4% per year over 13 years.
Sales timeline
26 February 2021Most recent
£328,000
-0.6%over 3 years2 February 2018
£330,000
+37.5%over 9 years14 March 2008
£239,995
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO4 5ZU: £390,000 (2024–2022).
Everything we know about 2 Blade Road, 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 Blade Road homes
2 Blade Road is notably below the street on floor area.
Price per m²
£2,791
Street avg £2,449
Floor Area
118 m²
Street avg 123 m²
CO₂ Emissions
2.4 t/year
Street avg 2.5 t/year
Years Held
5 years
Street avg 9 years
Similar properties nearby
The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Turbine Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Braiswick Primary School. 26 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
48.6dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.4dB