18 Bassingham Crescent, Tiptree, Colchester, CO5 0PY

18 Bassingham Crescent is a six-bedroom detached house in Tiptree, Colchester, Colchester (CO5 0PY). It has a recorded floor area of 179 m² (around 1927 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (April 2022) shows a C (score 76), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in November 2009 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 83).

Sale prices here have outpaced Colchester HPI: 5.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£306/sq ft) was about 53.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 179 m² the property is well over the postcode median (123 m² across 15 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 73% of similar EPCs). 6 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. Most recent transfer: October 2022 at £590,000. 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. One planning record on file: a loft conversion approved in 2001. Past consents include a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.