What type of property is 28 Ivor Brown Court, Highwoods Square, CO4 9SW?

28 Ivor Brown Court, Highwoods Square, CO4 9SW is a 2-bedroom mid-terrace house.

When did 28 Ivor Brown Court, Highwoods Square, CO4 9SW last change hands?

28 Ivor Brown Court, Highwoods Square, CO4 9SW last sold for £150,000 in March 2022, around 4 years ago. Land Registry has 3 sales on record going back to £129,000 in December 2007. Source: HM Land Registry.

Has 28 Ivor Brown Court, Highwoods Square, CO4 9SW appreciated in value?

Across 3 sales between December 2007 and March 2022, 28 Ivor Brown Court, Highwoods Square, CO4 9SW rose from £129,000 to £150,000, a change of £21,000. That works out to roughly +1.1% per year compounded over 14 years. Source: HM Land Registry.

How energy efficient is 28 Ivor Brown Court, Highwoods Square, CO4 9SW?

The current EPC rating for 28 Ivor Brown Court, Highwoods Square, CO4 9SW is D with a score of 66 out of 100, lodged in April 2014. The assessor estimates the property could reach a C. Source: EPC Register.

What is the floor area of 28 Ivor Brown Court, Highwoods Square, CO4 9SW?

28 Ivor Brown Court, Highwoods Square, CO4 9SW has a recorded floor area of 64 m² (689 sq ft), around 32 m² per bedroom. That makes it about 28% larger than the median EPC-recorded property in CO4 9SW. Source: EPC Register.

How is 28 Ivor Brown Court, Highwoods Square, CO4 9SW heated?

The latest EPC at 28 Ivor Brown Court, Highwoods Square, CO4 9SW records mains gas as the main heating fuel. Source: EPC Register.

What council tax band is 28 Ivor Brown Court, Highwoods Square, CO4 9SW?

28 Ivor Brown Court, Highwoods Square, CO4 9SW is in council tax band A. That sits at the lower end of the A-H ladder, typically reflecting smaller floor areas or lower 1991 valuations.

Where is 28 Ivor Brown Court, Highwoods Square, CO4 9SW located?

28 Ivor Brown Court, Highwoods Square, CO4 9SW sits in Highwoods, Colchester, Colchester. It falls within the CO4 postcode district in Essex.

What is crime like near 28 Ivor Brown Court, Highwoods Square, CO4 9SW?

Police records around 28 Ivor Brown Court, Highwoods Square, CO4 9SW show an average of 5 reported crimes per month over the last 10 months. Violent crime makes up roughly 48% of reports, the most common category. The overall trend is broadly stable. Source: Police UK.

Which schools serve 28 Ivor Brown Court, Highwoods Square, CO4 9SW?

The closest primary school to 28 Ivor Brown Court, Highwoods Square, CO4 9SW is Highwoods Community Primary School (112m), one of 18 primaries within walking distance. The closest secondary is The Gilberd School (639m), with 6 secondaries in the surrounding area.

What is the nearest station to 28 Ivor Brown Court, Highwoods Square, CO4 9SW?

The closest bus stop to 28 Ivor Brown Court, Highwoods Square, CO4 9SW is Highwoods Square, 85m away. In total there are 30 bus stops within the surrounding area.

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28 Ivor Brown Court, Highwoods Square, Highwoods, Colchester, CO4 9SW

3 sales on record

Property type

Mid terrace

Floor 2nd

Bedrooms

Bathroom

Floor area

64 m²

689 sq ft

Energy rating

Score 66

Council tax

Band A

Tenure

Owner Occupied

Overview

About 28 Ivor Brown Court

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

28 Ivor Brown Court is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Highwoods, Colchester, Colchester (CO4 9SW). It has a recorded floor area of 64 m² (around 689 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band A. At 64 m² this is the 32nd smallest of 33 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 31–76 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to B, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (April 2014) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77). The latest certificate is from April 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 64 m² it's 28% larger than the typical home in the postcode (50 m² median across 32 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 88% of similar EPCs). Across 2007–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 1.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £180,000 is 20% above the 2022 sale price. Last sale on file: £150,000 in March 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.

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Valuation

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Risks

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Specifications

What this property has

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Inside

Bedrooms2
Bathrooms1
Dining roomYes
StudyYes

Outside

Private gardenYes
GarageYes

Building

Heating systemGas

Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

28 Ivor Brown Court'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 06 Apr 2024

EPC Rating

D66

Main Heating

Gas

Main Fuel

Gas

Hot Water

Average

Windows

Very Poor

CO2 Emissions

2.7 t/year

Occupancy

Owner Occupied

Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against 28 Ivor Brown Court, Highwoods Square, Highwoods, Colchester, CO4 9SW, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

28 Ivor Brown Court has no planning applications on record.

Notable planning nearby

1applications of note in the surrounding area

Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

28 Ivor Brown Court's sale-price growth has lagged the wider UK trajectory across its history on file.

Current estimate

£180,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 1.1% per year over 14 years.

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Last sold (2022)

£150,000

Growth on file: 1.1% per year over 14 years.

Sales timeline

11 March 2022Most recent
£150,000
+20.0%over 7 years
5 August 2014
£125,000
-3.1%over 6 years
4 December 2007
£129,000

Median price across the last 4 sales in CO4 9SW: £88,000 (2021–1998).

Nearby sales in CO4 9SW

5 Ivor Brown Court, Highwoods Square, Highwoods, Colchester, CO4 9SW
Sold Jul 2021
£114,000

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On the street

Versus other Highwoods Square homes

Four headline reads against 20 similar flats on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

Floor Area for 28 Ivor Brown Court runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.

EPC Rating

66 (D)

Street avg 73 (C)

Strongly below

Floor Area

64 m²

Street avg 49 m²

Strongly above

CO₂ Emissions

2.7 t/year

Street avg 1.8 t/year

Strongly below

Habitable Rooms

4 rooms

Street avg 3 rooms

Strongly above

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Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

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Full Colchester report

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

Highwoods Square — bus stop.

Closest school

0.1 km

Highwoods Community Primary School. 24 schools nearby.

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Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around CO4 9SW from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

48.1dB

Low

Night-time road noise heatmap for CO4 9SW

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

38.2dB

Low

55 dB

60 dB

65 dB

70 dB

75 dB

80 dB

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