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Get started3 Avocet Close is a two-bedroom detached house in West Mersea, Colchester, Colchester (CO5 8DQ). It has a recorded floor area of 70 m² (around 753 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (January 2016) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from January 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. The home occupies a corner plot and a cul-de-sac position.
Sale prices here have outpaced Colchester HPI: 6% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £376,000 is 39.3% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£358/sq ft) was about 63.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 10 years since the last transfer (May 2016).
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 31 Jan 2026
Sale price has grown by over 3x since 1995.
£376,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.0% per year over 21 years.
£270,000
Growth on file: 6.0% per year over 21 years.
3 Avocet Close is notably below the street on floor area.
EPC Rating
57 (D)
Street avg 62 (D)
Floor Area
70 m²
Street avg 78 m²
CO₂ Emissions
4.1 t/year
Street avg 3.9 t/year
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
0.1 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.7dB

6 May 2016Most recent
£270,000
+210.3%over 17 years15 October 1998
£87,000
+12.3%over 3 years16 January 1995
£77,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO5 8DQ: £200,000 (2019–1996).
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 3 rooms
CO5 8QJ
The Fountain — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Mersea Island School. 1 school nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.8dB
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