16 Blue Road, Tiptree, Colchester, CO5 0TY
About 16 Blue Road
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.
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. Across 1996–2015, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.4% per year. 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. 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
Inside
- Bedrooms5
Energy performance
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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 24 Jun 2023
EPC Rating
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Planning history
16 Blue Road has an approved single-storey extension on the planning record.
1 application on record at 16 Blue Road, Tiptree, Colchester, CO5 0TY
- Jan 2019ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey
Alterations to existing covered way forming single storey extension.
- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- 182798
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Sales history & valuation
16 Blue Road has more than tripled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1996.
£541,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.4% per year over 19 years.
£355,000
Growth on file: 7.4% per year over 19 years.
Sales timeline
17 September 2015Most recent
£355,000
+294.4%over 19 years22 July 1996
£90,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO5 0TY: £370,000 (2022–2017).
Nearby sales in CO5 0TY
2 Blue Road, Tiptree, Colchester, CO5 0TY
Sold Jul 2022
£535,00010 Blue Road, Tiptree, Colchester, CO5 0TY
Sold Aug 2021
£370,0003 Blue Road, Tiptree, Colchester, CO5 0TY
Sold Jun 2020
£372,50012 Blue Road, Tiptree, Colchester, CO5 0TY
Sold Feb 2020
£255,0004 Blue Road, Tiptree, Colchester, CO5 0TY
Sold Feb 2017
£326,000
Versus other Blue Road homes
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
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.3 t/year
Street avg 3.9 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
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Ransom Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.7 km
Baynards Primary School. 6 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.8dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.4dB







