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Get started2 Blue Road is a four-bedroom detached house in Tiptree, Colchester, Colchester (CO5 0TY). It has a recorded floor area of 124 m² (around 1335 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (March 2022) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since February 2012. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump. Period features are noted in the property record.
Sale prices here have outpaced Colchester HPI: 4.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£401/sq ft) was about 54.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 124 m² the property is well over the postcode median (77 m² across 12 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: a garage conversion approved in 2022. Past consents include a garage conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Most recent transfer: July 2022 at £535,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
2 Blue Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Part conversion of double garage into room with ensuite (Retrospective)
Latest sale on 2 Blue Road was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£549,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.2% per year over 19 years.
£535,000
Growth on file: 4.2% per year over 19 years.
Years Held for 2 Blue Road lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,315
Street avg £3,545
Floor Area
124 m²
Street avg 87 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
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

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.8dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls changed
Hot water efficiency decreased
More low energy lighting installed
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18 July 2022Most recent
£535,000
+69.8%over 9 years31 January 2013
£315,000
+26.0%over 9 years5 November 2003
£250,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO5 0TY: £326,000 (2021–2016).
CO₂ Emissions
6.2 t/year
Street avg 3.8 t/year
CO5 0BW
Ransom Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.7 km
Baynards Primary School. 6 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.4dB
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