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About Appletrees
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
Appletrees is a three-bedroom detached house in Messing, Colchester, Colchester (CO5 9TH). It has a recorded floor area of 146 m² (around 1572 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (June 2020) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include outbuildings.
At 146 m² it's 17.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (177 m² median across 7 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 5 planning records sit against the property, 5 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include change of use to residential, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£487/sq ft) was about 504% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold August 2021 for £765,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms2
- Dining roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Appletrees sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
E
E42
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Oil
Hot Water
Very Poor
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
8.9 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against Appletrees, School Road, Messing, Colchester, CO5 9TH, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
Appletrees has been through 5 approved planning applications — a well-evolved property.
- Nov 2019ConditionsGranted
Application for approval of details reserved by condition 3 of 191425 (Materials)
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Latest sale on Appletrees was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£819,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
Last sold (2021)
£765,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
Versus other School Road homes
Four headline reads against 7 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
Price per m² for Appletrees runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£5,240
Street avg £1,885
Floor Area
146 m²
Street avg 165 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Similar properties nearby
A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.
The neighbourhood at a glance
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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
0.4 km
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around CO5 9TH from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.4dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 35 points of interest in total.
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Common questions
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