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Get started1 Coast Road is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in West Mersea, Colchester, Colchester (CO5 8QE). It has a recorded floor area of 69 m² (around 743 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (March 2020) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in July 2012 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 3-band jump. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
Today's modelled estimate of £259,000 sits 67.1% above the 2013 sale of £155,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£209/sq ft) was about 66.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 13 years since the last transfer (September 2013).
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
1 Coast Road valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£259,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£155,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
On epc rating, 1 Coast Road runs well behind the street norm.
EPC Rating
41 (E)
Street avg 58 (D)
Floor Area
69 m²
Street avg 165 m²
CO₂ Emissions
5.8 t/year
Street avg 6.3 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
0.2 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.0dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
More low energy lighting installed
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16 September 2013Most recent
£155,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO5 8QE: £175,000 (2024–2007).
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO5 8TL
High Street — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Mersea Island School. 1 school nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.2dB
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