Grove House, Bures Road, Nayland, Colchester, CO6 4ND
About Grove House
Grove House is a four-bedroom detached house in Nayland, Colchester, Colchester (CO6 4ND). It has a recorded floor area of 279 m² (around 3003 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (June 2018) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 69). Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot.
At 279 m² the property is well over the postcode median (158 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1997–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 12.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £1,099,000 is 13.3% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£323/sq ft) was about 128.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £970,000 in January 2021. 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
- Bathrooms3
- Dining roomYes
- Utility roomYes
- CloakroomYes
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- GarageYes
- LandYes
Building
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
Grove House's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Grove House has been extended on multiple sides of the property across separate planning applications.
- Jan 2019OutbuildingFullIn report
Householder Application - Erection of detached double garage and storage room.
- Documents
- 10 docs on file
- Reference
- DC/18/05391
- Feb 2015ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Side and rear of property
Erection of single-storey side/front extension, to provide games room, utility, oil tank room, and two bay cartlodge. Erection of 2 no. dormer windows to existing front roofslope of dwelling.
- Documents
- 15 docs on file
- Reference
- B/14/01539
What's in Grove House, Bures Road, Nayland, Colchester, CO6 4ND's planning history?
3 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on Grove House was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£1,099,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 12.1% per year over 23 years.
£970,000
Growth on file: 12.1% per year over 23 years.
Sales timeline
25 January 2021Most recent
£970,000
+385.0%over 18 years4 November 2002
£200,000
+194.1%over 5 years16 September 1997
£68,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO6 4ND: £320,000 (2017–2002).
Nearby sales in CO6 4ND
1 Blacksmiths Cottages, Bures Road, Nayland, Colchester, CO6 4ND
Sold May 2017
£365,000Thatch Cottage, Bures Road, Nayland, Colchester, CO6 4ND
Sold Oct 2010
£320,000Skittlecroft, Bures Road, Nayland, Colchester, CO6 4ND
Sold Mar 2008
£296,314Goodeys Farm, Bures Road, Nayland, Colchester, CO6 4ND
Sold Dec 2002
£523,9842 Blacksmiths Cottages, Bures Road, Nayland, Colchester, CO6 4ND
Sold Aug 2000
£95,000
Everything we know about Grove House, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
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Versus other Bures Road homes
On price per m², Grove House stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£3,477
Street avg £2,057
Floor Area
279 m²
Street avg 151 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
9.4 t/year
Street avg 6.3 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
2.3 km
Red Lion — bus stop.
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
41.4dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.3dB