18 De Vere Road, Earls Colne, Colchester, CO6 2LZ
About 18 De Vere Road
18 De Vere Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Earls Colne, Colchester, Colchester (CO6 2LZ). It has a recorded floor area of 85 m² (around 919 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (December 2011) shows a C (score 72). The latest certificate is from December 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 85 m² the property is well over the postcode median (60 m² across 27 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2012–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £306,000 is 15.5% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£288/sq ft) was about 57.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold March 2021 for £265,000. 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
- Bedrooms3
Energy performance
18 De Vere Road's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 07 Dec 2021
EPC Rating
Planning history
18 De Vere Road 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.
£306,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.8% per year over 9 years.
£265,000
Growth on file: 4.8% per year over 9 years.
Sales timeline
23 March 2021Most recent
£265,000
+51.4%over 8 years10 May 2012
£175,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO6 2LZ: £180,000 (2024–2019).
Nearby sales in CO6 2LZ
76 De Vere Road, Earls Colne, Colchester, CO6 2LZ
Sold Jul 2024
£190,00077 De Vere Road, Earls Colne, Colchester, CO6 2LZ
Sold Dec 2023
£179,00023 De Vere Road, Earls Colne, Colchester, CO6 2LZ
Sold Apr 2022
£270,00079 De Vere Road, Earls Colne, Colchester, CO6 2LZ
Sold Sept 2019
£180,00072 De Vere Road, Earls Colne, Colchester, CO6 2LZ
Sold Sept 2014
£167,500
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Versus other De Vere Road homes
18 De Vere Road outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
72 (C)
Street avg 69 (D)
Floor Area
85 m²
Street avg 49 m²
CO₂ Emissions
2.8 t/year
Street avg 2.1 t/year
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 3 rooms
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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
0.1 km
Atlas Road — bus stop.
Closest school
1.2 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
46.9dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.9dB