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Get started4 Acorn Mews is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in West Mersea, Colchester, Colchester (CO5 8SR). It has a recorded floor area of 71 m² (around 764 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (October 2023) shows a C (score 71). When first surveyed in March 2012 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 84). Other recorded features include a conservatory.
Sale prices here have outpaced Colchester HPI: 3.1% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£386/sq ft) was about 45.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2010. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Sold August 2024 for £295,000.
4 Acorn Mews has an approved single-storey extension on the planning record.
Extension: Single storey
Construction of single storey extension to dwelling to extend kitchen approx 3m x 2.3m
Latest sale on 4 Acorn Mews was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£311,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.1% per year over 19 years.
£295,000
Growth on file: 3.1% per year over 19 years.
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
49.1dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Loft insulation upgraded to recommended levels
More low energy lighting installed
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1 August 2024Most recent
£295,000
+51.3%over 11 years4 February 2013
£195,000
+18.2%over 7 years26 April 2005
£165,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO5 8SR: £188,000 (2020–2006).
CO5 8QE
Elmwood Drive — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Mersea Island School. 1 school nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.7dB
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