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About 16 Blue Road
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
16 Blue Road is a five-bedroom mid-terrace house in Tiptree, Colchester, Colchester (CO5 0TY). It has a recorded floor area of 171 m² (around 1841 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (June 2013) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75). The latest certificate is from June 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Sale prices here have outpaced Colchester HPI: 7.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £541,000 sits 52.4% above the 2015 sale of £355,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£193/sq ft) was about 31.2% below the postcode norm. At 171 m² the property is well over the postcode median (77 m² across 12 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2019. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On the market in September 2015 and unlisted since — roughly 11 years.
What this property has
Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.
Inside
- Bedrooms5
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
16 Blue Road'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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 25 Jun 2023
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against 16 Blue Road, Tiptree, Colchester, CO5 0TY, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
16 Blue Road has an approved single-storey extension on the planning record.
- Jan 2019ExtensionFullGranted
Extension: Single storey
Alterations to existing covered way forming single storey extension.
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
16 Blue Road has more than tripled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1996.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£541,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.4% per year over 19 years.
Last sold (2015)
£355,000
Growth on file: 7.4% per year over 19 years.
Sales timeline
Versus other Blue Road homes
Four headline reads against 12 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
On price per m², 16 Blue Road runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,076
Street avg £3,794
Floor Area
171 m²
Street avg 83 m²
Habitable Rooms
9 rooms
Similar properties nearby
A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.
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
0.2 km
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around CO5 0TY from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.8dB
Everything within walking distance
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