10 12, Lexden Road, West Bergholt, Colchester, CO6 3BT
About 10 12
10 12 is a three-bedroom detached house in West Bergholt, Colchester, Colchester (CO6 3BT). It has a recorded floor area of 86 m² (around 927 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (August 2011) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The latest certificate is from August 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 86 m² it sits well below the postcode median (181 m² across 12 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Last changed hands 14 years ago, in February 2012. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. One planning record on file: partial demolition approved in 2004. Past consents include partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1996–2012, sale prices on this property compounded at 12.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £649,000 is 32.4% above the 2012 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£529/sq ft) was about 147.6% 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
Energy performance
10 12 sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 30 Aug 2021
EPC Rating
Planning history
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
- Sept 2004DemolitionHeritageIn report
Proposed demolition of existing outbuilding which has partly collapsed
- Documents
- 2 docs on file
- Reference
- LB/COL/04/1627
We flagged 1 thing worth checking at 10 12
Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Price for 10 12 has grown more than fourfold since the 1996 starting point.
£649,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 12.4% per year over 15 years.
£490,000
Growth on file: 12.4% per year over 15 years.
Sales timeline
23 February 2012Most recent
£490,000
+10.1%over 6 years24 March 2005
£445,000
+6.0%over 2 years21 August 2002
£420,000
+410.1%over 5 years10 December 1996
£82,344
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO6 3BT: £547,000 (2025–2021).
Nearby sales in CO6 3BT
1a, Lexden Road, West Bergholt, Colchester, CO6 3BT
Sold Sept 2025
£503,75020 Lexden Road, West Bergholt, Colchester, CO6 3BT
Sold Nov 2024
£820,0001 Cedar Court, Lexden Road, West Bergholt, Colchester, CO6 3BT
Sold May 2024
£525,00016 Lexden Road, West Bergholt, Colchester, CO6 3BT
Sold Aug 2023
£890,0007 Lexden Road, West Bergholt, Colchester, CO6 3BT
Sold Aug 2021
£547,000
Everything we know about 10 12, 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 Lexden Road homes
Price per m² for 10 12 runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£5,691
Street avg £2,781
Floor Area
86 m²
Street avg 183 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
9.1 t/year
Street avg 7.1 t/year
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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
0.0 km
Hall Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Heathlands Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, West Bergholt. 4 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
46.8dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.5dB