5 Bury Close, Marks Tey, Colchester, CO6 1LE
About 5 Bury Close
5 Bury Close is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Marks Tey, Colchester, Colchester (CO6 1LE). It has a recorded floor area of 80 m² (around 861 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band C. It has already been extended once and our model flags further extension potential, a sign of buyer flexibility. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position. The latest certificate (June 2019) shows a C (score 72). The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 86).
Sold June 2020 for £280,000. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2000. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 80 m² it's 15.3% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (95 m² median across 20 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 70% of similar EPCs). Across 2004–2020, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £333,000 is 18.9% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£325/sq ft) was about 92.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
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Already flagged here
Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
Outside
- GarageYes
- Cul-de-sacYes
Building
- Previously extendedYes
- Extension potentialPossible
Energy performance
EPC Rating
Planning history
5 Bury Close has an approved extension on the planning record.
- Apr 2000ConservatoryFullIn report
Proposed conservatory.
Extension- Documents
- 2 docs on file
- Reference
- F/COL/00/0441
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
5 Bury Close has changed hands more often than typical for the area.
£333,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.3% per year over 16 years.
£280,000
Growth on file: 3.3% per year over 16 years.
Sales timeline
29 June 2020Most recent
£280,000
+51.4%over 6 years19 December 2013
£185,000
+21.7%over 5 years12 August 2008
£152,000
-24.0%over 12 months22 August 2007
£199,995
+18.7%over 2 years3 December 2004
£168,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO6 1LE: £335,000 (2025–2020).
Nearby sales in CO6 1LE
10 Bury Close, Marks Tey, Colchester, CO6 1LE
Sold Oct 2025
£335,00023 Bury Close, Marks Tey, Colchester, CO6 1LE
Sold Nov 2024
£350,00031 Bury Close, Marks Tey, Colchester, CO6 1LE
Sold Sept 2021
£310,00012 Bury Close, Marks Tey, Colchester, CO6 1LE
Sold Mar 2021
£392,5002 Bury Close, Marks Tey, Colchester, CO6 1LE
Sold Aug 2018
£290,000
Everything we know about 5 Bury Close, 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 Bury Close homes
CO₂ Emissions for 5 Bury Close runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,500
Street avg £2,412
Floor Area
80 m²
Street avg 97 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
2.7 t/year
Street avg 4.3 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Ashbury Drive — bus stop.
Closest school
0.8 km
St Andrew's Church of England Primary Academy, Marks Tey. 2 schools nearby.
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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
56.1dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
49.3dB