12 Langham Place, Highwoods, Colchester, CO4 9GB
About 12 Langham Place
12 Langham Place is a four-bedroom detached house in Highwoods, Colchester, Colchester (CO4 9GB). It has a recorded floor area of 195 m² (around 2099 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (July 2015) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76). The latest certificate is from July 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory.
Last sold in October 2015, so it's been off the market for around 11 years. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2004. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1997–2015, sale prices on this property compounded at 6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £635,000 is 39.6% above the 2015 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£217/sq ft) was about 55% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Dining roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
- StudyYes
- ConservatoryYes
Outside
- GarageDouble
Building
- Central heatingYes
Energy performance
12 Langham Place's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 06 Jul 2025
EPC Rating
Planning history
12 Langham Place has an approved single-storey extension on the planning record.
- Apr 2004ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey
Proposed single storey extension
- Documents
- 2 docs on file
- Reference
- F/COL/04/0360
What's in 12 Langham Place, Highwoods, Colchester, CO4 9GB's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
12 Langham Place has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 1997.
£635,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.0% per year over 19 years.
£455,000
Growth on file: 6.0% per year over 19 years.
Sales timeline
8 October 2015Most recent
£455,000
+24.7%over 8 years10 November 2006
£365,000
+17.7%over 2 years29 January 2004
£310,000
+100.6%over 6 years27 March 1997
£154,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO4 9GB: £540,000 (2024–2016).
Nearby sales in CO4 9GB
16 Langham Place, Highwoods, Colchester, CO4 9GB
Sold Mar 2024
£750,0007 Langham Place, Highwoods, Colchester, CO4 9GB
Sold Jan 2023
£625,0002 Langham Place, Highwoods, Colchester, CO4 9GB
Sold May 2021
£540,0008 Langham Place, Highwoods, Colchester, CO4 9GB
Sold Nov 2020
£485,00013 Langham Place, Highwoods, Colchester, CO4 9GB
Sold Oct 2016
£536,000
Everything we know about 12 Langham Place, in one report
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Versus other Langham Place homes
CO₂ Emissions for 12 Langham Place lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,333
Street avg £2,448
Floor Area
195 m²
Street avg 170 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
8.1 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
Baronia Croft — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Highwoods Community Primary School. 23 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
49.6dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.5dB