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About 18 Lodge Road
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
18 Lodge Road is a semi-detached house in Messing, Colchester, Colchester (CO5 9TU). It has a recorded floor area of 95 m² (around 1023 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (February 2017) shows an F (score 29), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 95 m² it's 16.7% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (114 m² median across 7 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 86% of similar EPCs).
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
18 Lodge Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
E
F
F29
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Oil
Hot Water
Very Poor
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
9.0 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
18 Lodge Road has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£328,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Versus other Lodge Road homes
Four headline reads against 7 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
EPC Rating for 18 Lodge Road lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
29 (F)
Street avg 50 (E)
Floor Area
95 m²
Street avg 122 m²
CO₂ Emissions
9.0 t/year
Street avg 8.1 t/year
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
A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Colchester district page.
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
0.2 km
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around CO5 9TU from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.3dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 31 points of interest in total.
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