5 Hobbs Way, Earls Colne, Colchester, CO6 2FE
About 5 Hobbs Way
5 Hobbs Way is a four-bedroom detached house in Earls Colne, Colchester, Colchester (CO6 2FE). It has a recorded floor area of 174 m² (around 1873 sq ft). The latest certificate (July 2020) returns a high B (score 85), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. The recommended improvements would push it to A (score 92). Other recorded features include a conservatory and outbuildings.
At 174 m² the property is well over the postcode median (94 m² across 9 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Sold January 2021 for £660,000. 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
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms4
- Open-plan layoutYes
- Dining roomYes
- CloakroomYes
- EnsuiteYes
- StudyYes
- ConservatoryYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- GarageIntegral
- OutbuildingsYes
Building
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
EPC Rating
Planning history
5 Hobbs Way has no planning applications on record.
The full report still covers planning activity across the surrounding area.
Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£714,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£660,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
20 January 2021Most recent
£660,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO6 2FE: £600,000 (2024–2020).
Nearby sales in CO6 2FE
11 Hobbs Way, Earls Colne, Colchester, CO6 2FE
Sold May 2024
£370,0009 Hobbs Way, Earls Colne, Colchester, CO6 2FE
Sold Aug 2023
£600,0007 Hobbs Way, Earls Colne, Colchester, CO6 2FE
Sold Nov 2021
£680,00015 Hobbs Way, Earls Colne, Colchester, CO6 2FE
Sold Dec 2020
£351,4503 Hobbs Way, Earls Colne, Colchester, CO6 2FE
Sold Nov 2020
£550,000
Everything we know about 5 Hobbs Way, in one report
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Versus other Hobbs Way homes
CO₂ Emissions for 5 Hobbs Way lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,793
Street avg £3,923
Floor Area
174 m²
Street avg 125 m²
CO₂ Emissions
2.5 t/year
Street avg 1.7 t/year
Years Held
5 years
Street avg 4 years
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Station Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.7 km
Earls Colne Primary School and Nursery. 2 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.1dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.5dB