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About 4 Bouchiers Place
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
4 Bouchiers Place is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Messing, Colchester, Colchester (CO5 9TY). It has a recorded floor area of 110 m² (around 1184 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (May 2016) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from May 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Sale prices here have outpaced Colchester HPI: 6% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£422/sq ft) was about 113.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. It changed hands recently, sold January 2025 for £500,000. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2004. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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
- Open-plan layoutYes
- Utility roomYes
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
D60
E
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Oil
Hot Water
Poor
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
5.4 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against 4 Bouchiers Place, Messing, Colchester, CO5 9TY, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
4 Bouchiers Place has an approved rear extension on the planning record.
- May 2004ExtensionFullGranted
Extension: Rear of property
Proposed rear extension.
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
4 Bouchiers Place has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1997.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£497,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.0% per year over 28 years.
Last sold (2025)
£500,000
Growth on file: 6.0% per year over 28 years.
Sales timeline
Versus other Bouchiers Place homes
Four headline reads against 3 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
4 Bouchiers Place outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,545
Street avg £2,702
Floor Area
110 m²
Street avg 150 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
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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
0.1 km
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around CO5 9TY from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.1dB
Everything within walking distance
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