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79, Defoe Crescent, Colchester is described in the public record as a period house with 796 ft2 of internal area, sitting on a 266 m2 plot.
Locally, houses of this size normally have 3 bedrooms with a garden.
Our estimate of the sale value of 79, Defoe Crescent, Colchester is £266,219 and its rental estimate is £1,319 per month, given the available information and assuming reasonable condition.
Defoe Crescent, Colchester, CO4 falls within the CO4 postal district, in the borough of Colchester.
79, Defoe Crescent, Colchester has no recent1 records in the the Land Registry and a single entry in the EPC database dated May 2023.
We combine this information with public data 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 79, Defoe Crescent, Colchester, we estimate a market value of £279,530 and a rental value of £1,385 per month when presented in very good decorative order. Should the property require extensive cosmetic improvement, those figures would reduce to £247,584 and £1,226 per month respectively.
Over the last year, 79, Defoe Crescent, Colchester has seen its estimated sale value fall by £3,126 (1.2%) and its estimated rental value move up by £24 per month (1.8%). This results in an estimated gross rental yield of 5.9%.
HM Land Registry records the plot of land for 79, Defoe Crescent, Colchester as measuring 266 m2.
That makes it the 34th largest plot in the postcode, where 47 of the 60 other houses have recorded plot data.
79, Defoe Crescent, Colchester has an Energy Performance Rating (EPC) of C. This is based on the most recent assessment, dated 24 May 2023.
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 79, Defoe Crescent, Colchester completed on 18th August 1999 at £55,500 and was recorded by HM Land Registry as a freehold house.
Since 1995 the property has sold twice.
Over the past 2 years 3 properties similar to 79, Defoe Crescent, Colchester have sold within a radius of 630 metres, per the Land Registry and our network of Estate Agents.
The latest, on the 15th August 2025, was 99, Defoe Crescent, Colchester, CO4 5LQ, a freehold house which sold for £300,000.
Read more about house prices in CO4.
•Nearby is defined as the radius comprising the nearest 2,000 addresses.
Of the 113 addresses on Defoe Crescent, Colchester, CO4, 79, Defoe Crescent, Colchester comes out as the 41st largest and the 71st most expensive in our analysis of the public data.
It is also £47k less expensive than the average property across the CO4 district.
From 79, Defoe Crescent, Colchester, the nearest station is Colchester, 1.6 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 79, Defoe Crescent, Colchester, % of property is and % is .
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 79, Defoe Crescent, Colchester, 0.0% of residents are recorded as possessing school level qualifications and 0.0% as possessing degree level qualifications.
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 79, Defoe Crescent, 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 79, Defoe Crescent, Colchester, there are an average of 0.0 cars per household.
See below for how this compares to East of England and the rest of England & Wales.
