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Get started5 Sawkins Close is a three-bedroom detached house in Langenhoe, Colchester, Colchester (CO5 7LU). It has a recorded floor area of 90 m² (around 969 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (January 2017) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include a conservatory.
Untraded for 23 years, with the last transfer in July 2003. Sale prices here have outpaced Colchester HPI: 9.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £379,000 sits 123% above the 2003 sale of £169,950.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Sale price has at least doubled since 1995.
£379,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 9.2% per year over 8 years.
£169,950
Growth on file: 9.2% per year over 8 years.
Price per m² for 5 Sawkins Close lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,888
Street avg £3,587
Floor Area
90 m²
Street avg 96 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 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
47.3dB

25 July 2003Most recent
£169,950
+100.1%over 7 years31 August 1995
£84,950
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO5 7LU: £335,000 (2023–2020).
CO₂ Emissions
3.7 t/year
Street avg 3.6 t/year
CO5 7EX
Mersea Rd — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Langenhoe Community Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.0dB
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