Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
5 Ivor Brown Court, Highwoods Square, Highwoods, Colchester, CO4 9SW
4 sales on record
Property type
Semi-detached
Floor 00
Habitable rooms
2
From EPC
Floor area
33 m²
355 sq ft
Energy rating
C
Score 71
Tenure
Owner Occupied
About 5 Ivor Brown Court
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
5 Ivor Brown Court is a semi-detached house in Highwoods, Colchester, Colchester (CO4 9SW). It has a recorded floor area of 33 m² (around 355 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1991-1995. At 33 m² this is the 4th 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 across 33 units on file. The latest certificate (December 2020) shows a C (score 71).
At 33 m² it sits well below the postcode median (54 m² across 32 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Last sale on file: £114,000 in July 2021. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 1998–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £128,000 is 12.3% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£321/sq ft) was about 71.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
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Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
5 Ivor Brown Court's carbon output is low for the local stock.
Current Certificate
Dec 2020EPC Rating
A
B
C
C71
D
E
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
1.5 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Certificate validity
Valid until 9 December 2030
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Planning history
Applications and permits filed against 5 Ivor Brown Court, Highwoods Square, Highwoods, Colchester, CO4 9SW, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
5 Ivor Brown Court has no planning applications on record.
1
But the area is active
1 notable application nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Sale price has grown by over 3x since 1998.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£128,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.0% per year over 23 years.
Last sold (2021)
£114,000
Growth on file: 6.0% per year over 23 years.
Sales timeline
13 July 2021Most recent
£114,000
+17.5%over 14 years10 May 2007
£97,000
+22.8%over 2 years17 June 2004
£79,000
+163.3%over 5 years27 July 1998
£30,000
Median price across the last 3 sales in CO4 9SW: £129,000 (2022–2007).
Nearby sales in CO4 9SW
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 5 Ivor Brown Court lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
71 (C)
Street avg 73 (C)
Floor Area
33 m²
Street avg 51 m²
CO₂ Emissions
1.5 t/year
Street avg 1.8 t/year
Habitable Rooms
2 rooms
Street avg 3 rooms
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The neighbourhood at a glance
A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Colchester district page.
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
430/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.
Go deeper on the local area
A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
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
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.2dB
55 dB
60 dB
65 dB
70 dB
75 dB
80 dB
Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4Common questions
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