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Get started7 Lapwing Drive is a four-bedroom detached house in Kelvedon, Colchester, Colchester (CO5 9PS). It has a recorded floor area of 115 m² (around 1238 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (November 2016) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump.
Sale prices here have outpaced Colchester HPI: 6.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£406/sq ft) was about 105.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: September 2022 at £503,000. 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.
Latest sale on 7 Lapwing Drive was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£493,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.3% per year over 23 years.
£503,000
Growth on file: 6.3% per year over 23 years.
Price per m² for 7 Lapwing Drive runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,374
Street avg £3,221
Floor Area
115 m²
Street avg 103 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.4 km
The Institute — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
54.3dB

23 September 2022Most recent
£503,000
+33.8%over 5 years8 May 2017
£376,000
+203.2%over 17 years3 November 1999
£124,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO5 9PS: £353,000 (2021–2012).
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.1 t/year
Street avg 4.4 t/year
CO5 9HN
Closest school
0.1 km
Kelvedon St Mary's Church of England Primary Academy. 4 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
47.4dB
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