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3 sales on record
About 1 Bijou Close
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
1 Bijou Close is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Tiptree, Colchester, Colchester (CO5 0DQ). It has a recorded floor area of 53 m² (around 570 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (November 2017) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 3-band jump. Other recorded features include a conservatory.
Sale prices here have outpaced Colchester HPI: 5.9% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £302,000 is 11.9% above the 2025 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£473/sq ft) was about 123.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 53 m² it sits well below the postcode median (81 m² across 10 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. It changed hands recently, sold March 2025 for £270,000.
What this property has
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Inside
- Bedrooms2
- Dining roomYes
- ConservatoryYes
Outside
- Private garden
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
1 Bijou Close sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
E
E46
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Poor
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
4.5 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Price for 1 Bijou Close has grown more than fourfold since the 1997 starting point.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£302,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.9% per year over 27 years.
Last sold (2025)
£270,000
Growth on file: 5.9% per year over 27 years.
Sales timeline
Versus other Bijou Close homes
Four headline reads against 10 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
1 Bijou Close outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£5,094
Street avg £3,211
Floor Area
53 m²
Street avg 79 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Similar properties nearby
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The neighbourhood at a glance
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Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.3 km
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around CO5 0DQ from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.1dB
Everything within walking distance
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