33 School Road, Copford, Colchester, CO6 1BU
About 33 School Road
33 School Road is a five-bedroom detached house in Copford, Colchester, Colchester (CO6 1BU). It has a recorded floor area of 117 m² (around 1259 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (October 2020) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump.
One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2022. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 117 m² it's 18.2% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (143 m² median across 33 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 73% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £584,000 is 18.5% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£391/sq ft) was about 54% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold January 2021 for £493,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms5
- Bathrooms1
Energy performance
33 School Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- May 2022ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Side and rear of property
Proposed single story extensions to the side and rear to create open living and an office to the ground floor and two storey extension to the side to create a master bedroom and utility area
- Documents
- 12 docs on file
- Reference
- 220774
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£584,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£493,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
15 January 2021Most recent
£493,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO6 1BU: £625,000 (2024–2022).
Nearby sales in CO6 1BU
19 School Road, Copford, Colchester, CO6 1BU
Sold Aug 2024
£577,50041 School Road, Copford, Colchester, CO6 1BU
Sold Aug 2024
£975,00062 School Road, Copford, Colchester, CO6 1BU
Sold Mar 2023
£625,00043 School Road, Copford, Colchester, CO6 1BU
Sold Feb 2023
£475,00038 School Road, Copford, Colchester, CO6 1BU
Sold Nov 2022
£925,000
Everything we know about 33 School Road, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other School Road homes
On habitable rooms, 33 School Road stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£4,214
Street avg £3,265
Floor Area
117 m²
Street avg 154 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
8.0 t/year
Street avg 6.0 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Allendale Drive — bus stop.
Closest school
0.7 km
Copford Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School. 4 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
52.9dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
47.3dB