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1, Otho Drive, Colchester is recorded publicly as a modern freehold house across 786 ft2 of internal area, sitting on a 149 m2 plot.
Locally, houses of this size normally have 3 bedrooms with a garden.
Our estimate of the sale value of 1, Otho Drive, Colchester is £294,438 and its rental estimate is £1,355 per month, given the available information and assuming reasonable condition.
Otho Drive, Highwoods, Colchester, CO4 falls within the CO4 postal district, in the borough of Colchester.
1, Otho Drive, Colchester has 41 entries in the Land Registry , most recently in June 2019 and a single entry in the EPC database dated May 2010.
We combine this information with that of neighbouring properties to estimate the property attributes and values.
The local information is scored as 5 out of 5 and is considered of high accuracy.
The condition of a property plays an important role in determining its value, with the degree of impact varying by property type, size and location.
For 1, Otho Drive, Colchester, we estimate a market value of £309,160 and a rental value of £1,423 per month when presented in very good decorative order. Should the property require extensive cosmetic improvement, those figures would reduce to £273,827 and £1,261 per month respectively.
Over the last year, 1, Otho Drive, Colchester has seen its estimated sale value move down by £3,457 (1.2%) and its estimated rental value increase by £25 per month (1.8%). This results in an estimated gross rental yield of 5.5%.
HM Land Registry records the plot of land for 1, Otho Drive, Colchester as measuring 149 m2.
That makes it the 5th largest plot in the postcode, where all 14 other houses have recorded plot data.
1, Otho Drive, Colchester has an Energy Performance Rating (EPC) of C. This is based on the most recent assessment, dated 10 May 2010.
The property is connected to mains gas and has fully double glazed windows. It is heated using Boiler and radiators, mains gas.
The most recent sale of 1, Otho Drive, Colchester completed on 14th June 2019 at £250,000 and was recorded by HM Land Registry as a freehold house.
Since 1995 the property has sold 4 times.
Values of comparable properties have risen by 16.3% over the period since June 2019.
Over the past 2 years 3 properties similar to 1, Otho Drive, Colchester have sold within a radius of 680 metres, per the Land Registry and our network of Estate Agents.
The latest, on the 27th May 2025, was 307, Mill Road, Colchester, CO4 5FZ, a freehold house which sold for £325,000.
Read more about house prices in CO4.
•Nearby is defined as the radius comprising the nearest 2,000 addresses.
Of the 14 addresses on Otho Drive, Highwoods, Colchester, CO4, 1, Otho Drive, Colchester comes out as the 6th largest and the 5th most expensive in our analysis of the public data.
It is also £18k less expensive than the average property across the CO4 district.
From 1, Otho Drive, Colchester, the nearest station is Colchester, 2.3 kilometres away.
Broadband here reaches superfast speeds, based on recent Ofcom data.
According to recent data from Ofcom, Superfast broadband is available in the area.
The flood risk here is rated very low, based on Environment Agency data.
The recent census recorded whether a resident owned or rented their home.
In the area around 1, Otho Drive, Colchester, 43.8% of property is privately owned with a mortgage and 38.8% is privately rented.
The graph below shows how this compares to East of England and the rest of England & Wales.
The recent census recorded the highest level of education achieved by residents in the local area.
In the area around 1, Otho Drive, Colchester, 27.3% of residents are recorded as possessing school level qualifications and 41.8% as possessing degree level qualifications.
The graph below shows how this compares to East of England and the rest of England & Wales.
The most recent census in 2021 recorded the age of all UK residents.
In the area around 1, Otho Drive, Colchester, the average age was 37.3 and the most common age was 47.
The graph below shows how this compares to East of England and the rest of England & Wales
The recent census recorded whether a property was a primary or secondary home for the resident.
In the area around 1, Otho Drive, Colchester, 0.0% of property was a second home.
Comparison figures for East of England and the rest of England & Wales are listed below.
The recent census recorded the number of cars registered in each household.
In the area around 1, Otho Drive, Colchester, there are an average of 1.4 cars per household.
See below for how this compares to East of England and the rest of England & Wales.
