16 Hurrell Down, Highwoods, Colchester, CO4 9TP
About 16 Hurrell Down
16 Hurrell Down is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Highwoods, Colchester, Colchester (CO4 9TP). It has a recorded floor area of 65 m² (around 700 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (May 2011) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 70). The latest certificate is from May 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Untraded for 27 years, with the last transfer in February 1999. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £286,000 sits 302.8% above the 1999 sale of £71,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£101/sq ft) was about 50.3% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2011. Past consents include an extension and a garage conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 65 m² it's 27% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (89 m² median across 21 EPCs).
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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
- Bedrooms3
Energy performance
16 Hurrell Down'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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 31 May 2021
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Dec 2011Garage ConversionFullIn report
Extension: Rear of property
Attached gargage conversion to family area room with bedroom extension over. Single storey rear extension to kitchen and utilty room to rear of converted garage.
Extension- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- 111974
What's in 16 Hurrell Down, Highwoods, Colchester, CO4 9TP's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
16 Hurrell Down's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (1999).
£286,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£71,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
26 February 1999Most recent
£71,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO4 9TP: £400,000 (2025–2021).
Nearby sales in CO4 9TP
6 Hurrell Down, Highwoods, Colchester, CO4 9TP
Sold Oct 2025
£325,00013 Hurrell Down, Highwoods, Colchester, CO4 9TP
Sold Aug 2023
£425,00014 Hurrell Down, Highwoods, Colchester, CO4 9TP
Sold Jul 2022
£400,00012 Hurrell Down, Highwoods, Colchester, CO4 9TP
Sold Jul 2022
£385,0009 Hurrell Down, Highwoods, Colchester, CO4 9TP
Sold Sept 2021
£405,000
Everything we know about 16 Hurrell Down, in one report
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Versus other Hurrell Down homes
On floor area, 16 Hurrell Down runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£1,092
Street avg £3,220
Floor Area
65 m²
Street avg 88 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.0 t/year
Street avg 3.6 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
0.3 km
Spindle Wood — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Highwoods Community Primary School. 22 schools nearby.
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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.5dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.0dB