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Get started7 Beach Road is a four-bedroom detached house in West Mersea, Colchester, Colchester (CO5 8AA). It has a recorded floor area of 141 m² (around 1516 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (August 2009) shows an F (score 38), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 57), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from August 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.
On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 5 planning records sit against the property, 5 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2004–2013, sale prices here grew 0% per year, broadly in step with Colchester's 0% HPI growth. Today's modelled estimate of £599,000 is 49.8% above the 2013 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£264/sq ft) was about 20.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in March 2013 and unlisted since — roughly 13 years.
7 Beach Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 05 Aug 2019
7 Beach Road has been through 5 approved planning applications — a well-evolved property.
Application for approval of details reserved by condition 4 of 192081 (WSI)
7 Beach Road valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£599,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£400,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
On epc rating, 7 Beach Road runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,841
Street avg £3,144
Floor Area
141 m²
Street avg 135 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 6 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
45.9dB

Application to partially discharge condition 4 of planning permission 192081
3 more applications for this property
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8 March 2013Most recent
£400,000
11 May 2004
£399,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO5 8AA: £465,000 (2022–2016).
CO₂ Emissions
8.6 t/year
Street avg 5.6 t/year
CO5 8AP
Yorick Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Mersea Island School. 1 school nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.8dB
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