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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
Overview

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. 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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Valuation

against the asking price

Risks

planning & flood

Sold prices

similar homes nearby

Trends

the local market

Energy

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.

EPC 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
Planning

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.

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.

Sale price has grown by over 3x since 1998.

Current estimate

£125,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.0% per year over 23 years.

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Last sold (2021)

£114,000

Growth on file: 6.0% per year over 23 years.

Sales timeline

  1. 13 July 2021Most recent

    £114,000

    +17.5%over 14 years
  2. 10 May 2007

    £97,000

    +22.8%over 2 years
  3. 17 June 2004

    £79,000

    +163.3%over 5 years
  4. 27 July 1998

    £30,000

Median price across the last 3 sales in CO4 9SW: £129,000 (2022–2007).

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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 5 Ivor Brown Court lags the street by a wide margin.

EPC Rating

71 (C)

Street avg 73 (C)

Below

Floor Area

33 m²

Street avg 51 m²

Strongly below

CO₂ Emissions

1.5 t/year

Street avg 1.8 t/year

Above

Habitable Rooms

2 rooms

Street avg 3 rooms

Below
Area

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

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.

Go deeper on the local area

The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.

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 road noise heatmap for CO4 9SW

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
Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4
FAQ

Common questions

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