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5 sales on record
About 4 Beach Road
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
4 Beach Road is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in West Mersea, Colchester, Colchester (CO5 8AA). It has a recorded floor area of 69 m² (around 743 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (May 2014) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 87), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from May 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory.
Sale prices here have outpaced Colchester HPI: 7.7% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£646/sq ft) was about 185.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 69 m² it sits well below the postcode median (141 m² across 9 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Sold May 2022 for £480,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.
Inside
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms1
- ConservatoryYes
Outside
- Private garden
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 26 May 2024
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Price for 4 Beach Road has grown more than fourfold since the 1996 starting point.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£478,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.7% per year over 26 years.
Last sold (2022)
£480,000
Growth on file: 7.7% per year over 26 years.
Sales timeline
Versus other Beach Road homes
Four headline reads against 9 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
4 Beach Road outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£6,957
Street avg £2,687
Floor Area
69 m²
Street avg 143 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Similar properties nearby
A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.
The neighbourhood at a glance
A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Colchester district page.
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
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around CO5 8AA from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.9dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 20 points of interest in total.
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