Birches, London Road, Feering, Colchester, CO5 9ED
About Birches
Birches is a four-bedroom detached house in Feering, Colchester, Colchester (CO5 9ED). It has a recorded floor area of 144 m² (around 1550 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band F. Other recorded features include a balcony. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history. The latest certificate (January 2022) shows a C (score 73). The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 84).
At 144 m² the property is well over the postcode median (102 m² across 18 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 83% of similar EPCs). One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2023. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£468/sq ft) was about 101.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: August 2022 at £725,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
- Dining roomYes
- Utility roomYes
- CloakroomYes
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- BalconyYes
Building
- Previously extendedYes
Energy performance
EPC Rating
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Planning history
Birches has an approved extension on the planning record.
1 application on record at Birches, London Road, Feering, Colchester, CO5 9ED
- Jun 2023ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Single storey rear extension, two storey side extension and two storey front extension.
- Documents
- 14 docs on file
- Reference
- 23/00971/HH
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£730,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£725,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
7 August 2022Most recent
£725,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO5 9ED: £465,000 (2022–2018).
Nearby sales in CO5 9ED
Berkshire House, London Road, Feering, Colchester, CO5 9ED
Sold Oct 2022
£465,000The Bungalow, London Road, Feering, Colchester, CO5 9ED
Sold May 2021
£620,0001 The Wheelwrights, London Road, Feering, Colchester, CO5 9ED
Sold Oct 2019
£320,000Holmfield House, London Road, Feering, Colchester, CO5 9ED
Sold Oct 2018
£725,0009 London Road, Feering, Colchester, CO5 9ED
Sold Aug 2018
£435,000
Versus other London Road homes
EPC Rating for Birches runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£5,035
Street avg £3,437
Floor Area
144 m²
Street avg 116 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.1 t/year
Street avg 5.9 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Gore Pit Corner — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
Feering Church of England Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
58.0dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
51.2dB







