Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
Estimated value
£542,000
Newest record on this page: September 2025. Land Registry and EPC registers update monthly, so this page can trail them by 2–3 months.
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£542,000
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The estimate for 1 Brand Drive is modelled from its 176 m² EPC floor area, its 2 recorded sales and recent sales of comparable homes in CO5 7LY. It is an automated estimate, not a survey or mortgage valuation: condition, layout and improvements that aren't on record can move the real figure either way.
Floor area
176 m² from the EPC lodged in September 2025
Sales of this home
2 sales recorded, the latest in 2014
Recent sales in CO5 7LY
5 sales, median £294,995 (2023–2005)
| Data | This page | Full report |
|---|---|---|
| Sales | Latest sale shown: September 2023 | Latest available records, read when you order |
| Valuation | Estimate from the last refresh | Analysed against comparable sales |
| Planning | 1 application | Full history, plus nearby schemes |
| Flood risk | Not shown | Included |
1 Brand Drive has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1997.
14 July 2014Most recent
£344,000
+687.2%over 17 years28 February 1997
£43,700
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO5 7LY: £294,995 (2023–2005).
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1 Brand Drive is a four-bedroom detached house in Langenhoe, Colchester, Colchester (CO5 7LY). It has a recorded floor area of 176 m² (around 1894 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (September 2025) shows a C (score 73). When first surveyed in February 2014 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.
Across 1997–2014, sale prices on this property compounded at 12.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £542,000 sits 57.6% above the 2014 sale of £344,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£182/sq ft) was about 16.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2002. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 176 m² it's 19.7% larger than the typical home in the postcode (147 m² median across 3 EPCs). On the market in July 2014 and unlisted since — roughly 12 years.
Certificate validity
Valid until 8 September 2035
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Floor insulation added or improved
More low energy lighting installed
1 Brand Drive has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
1 application on record at 1 Brand Drive, Langenhoe, Colchester, CO5 7LY
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single storey rear extensions.
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1 Brand Drive outperforms the street on epc rating by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,955
Street avg £2,696
Floor Area
176 m²
Street avg 139 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.5 t/year
Street avg 4.6 t/year
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
92/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Edward Marke Drive — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Langenhoe Community Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
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