Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
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Estimated value
£385,000
Newest record on this page: March 2025. Land Registry and EPC registers update monthly, so this page can trail them by 2–3 months.
Our estimate
£385,000
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The estimate for Barleymans is modelled from its 97 m² EPC floor area, its 2 recorded sales and recent sales of comparable homes in CO5 9QJ. It is an automated estimate, not a survey or mortgage valuation: condition, layout and improvements that aren't on record can move the real figure either way.
Floor area
97 m² from the EPC lodged in September 2013
Sales of this home
2 sales recorded, the latest in 2013
Recent sales in CO5 9QJ
4 sales, median £722,500 (2025–2006)
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| Valuation | Estimate from the last refresh | Analysed against comparable sales |
| Planning | 1 of 2 applications | Full history, plus nearby schemes |
| Flood risk | Not shown | Included |
Sale price has at least doubled since 2002.
5 December 2013Most recent
£248,000
+106.7%over 11 years27 June 2002
£120,000
Median price across the last 4 sales in CO5 9QJ: £722,500 (2025–2006).
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Barleymans is a detached house in Feering, Colchester, Colchester (CO5 9QJ). It has a recorded floor area of 97 m² (around 1044 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (September 2013) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from September 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused, 1 pending. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. An active application for tree works is awaiting a decision. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. Across 2002–2013, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £385,000 sits 55.2% above the 2013 sale of £248,000. 13 years since the last transfer (December 2013).
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 06 Sept 2023
Certificate validity
Expired on 6 September 2023
Planning history at Barleymans is exclusively tree-management applications — typical for a property with mature trees on or near the plot.
2 applications on record at Barleymans, The Street, Feering, Colchester, CO5 9QJ
Notice of intent to carry out works to a tree in a Conservation Area - Cut back 1 Leylandii by approx 4 metres both height and width
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EPC Rating
53 (E)
Street avg 52 (E)
Floor Area
97 m²
Street avg 85 m²
CO₂ Emissions
5.5 t/year
Street avg 5.3 t/year
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
Crime
92/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
The Green — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Feering Church of England Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
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