2 Blue Road, Tiptree, Colchester, CO5 0TY
About 2 Blue Road
2 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.
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. Across 2003–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.2% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£401/sq ft) was about 54.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 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.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
- Dining roomYes
- CloakroomYes
- EnsuiteYes
- StudyYes
Outside
- GarageDetached
Building
- Period featuresYes
Energy performance
2 Blue Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls changed
Hot water efficiency decreased
More low energy lighting installed
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Planning history
1 application on record at 2 Blue Road, Tiptree, Colchester, CO5 0TY
- Jun 2022Garage ConversionFullOutcome in report
Part conversion of double garage into room with ensuite (Retrospective)
Retrospective- Documents
- 11 docs on file
- Reference
- 220903
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Sales history & valuation
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.
Sales timeline
17 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).
Nearby sales in CO5 0TY
10 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
£326,00016 Blue Road, Tiptree, Colchester, CO5 0TY
Sold Sept 2015
£355,000
Versus other Blue Road homes
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
CO₂ Emissions
6.2 t/year
Street avg 3.8 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







