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Get startedWayside Elm is a detached house in East Mersea, Colchester, Colchester (CO5 8TA). It has a recorded floor area of 115 m² (around 1238 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (January 2025) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since May 2021. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 95), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
Sale prices here have outpaced Colchester HPI: 7% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £597,000 is 11.6% above the 2021 sale price. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, a garage conversion and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sale on file: £535,000 in September 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Extension: Rear of property
Proposed loft conversion, rear extension and front porch
Price for Wayside Elm has grown more than fourfold since the 1995 starting point.
£597,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.0% per year over 26 years.
£535,000
Growth on file: 7.0% per year over 26 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
0.2 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.0dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Loft insulation upgraded to recommended levels
More low energy lighting installed
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Application for approval of details reserved by condition 4 of application 232265
1 more application for this property
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30 September 2021Most recent
£535,000
+2.9%30 June 2021
£520,000
+471.4%over 25 years21 September 1995
£91,000
Median price across the last 4 sales in CO5 8TA: £305,000 (2021–1998).
CO5 8HG
Meeting Lane — bus stop.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.5dB
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