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Get started1 Dormy Houses is a three-bedroom detached house in East Mersea, Colchester, Colchester (CO5 8UW). It has a recorded floor area of 133 m² (around 1432 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (April 2018) shows a G (score 13), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 62), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. Other recorded features include a conservatory. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £540,000 is 28% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£295/sq ft) was about 59.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold May 2019 for £422,000.
1 Dormy Houses sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
1 Dormy Houses valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£540,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£422,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
EPC Rating for 1 Dormy Houses lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,173
Street avg £2,590
Floor Area
133 m²
Street avg 154 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 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
0.1 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
41.0dB

10 May 2019Most recent
£422,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO5 8UW: £365,000 (2025–2009).
3 Dormy Houses East Road East Mersea Colchester
Sold Mar 2025
East House East Road East Mersea Colchester
Sold Mar 2015
5 Dormy Houses East Road East Mersea Colchester
Sold Oct 2009
2 Dormy Houses East Road East Mersea Colchester
Sold Aug 2009
Cornerways East Road East Mersea Colchester
Sold Apr 2001
CO₂ Emissions
21.0 t/year
Street avg 10.3 t/year
CO5 8RY
Ivy Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
2.4 km
Brightlingsea Primary School and Nursery. 1 school nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.3dB
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