Feb 07, 2023 by HM

House prices in West Bergholt (CO6 3)

This article reveals price per square metre data and various charts to help you understand current housing market in West Bergholt (CO6 3).

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Price per square metre

Knowing the average house price in West Bergholt is not much use. However, knowing average price per square metre can be quite useful. Price per sqm allows some comparison between properties of different size. We define price per square metre as the sold price divided by the internal area of a property:

£ per sqm = price ÷ internal area

E.g. 3, Albany Close, West Bergholt, Coggeshall, sold for £370,000 on Sep-2023. Given the internal area of 86 square metres, the price per sqm is £4,302.

England & Wales have been officially metric for many decades. However house price per square foot is sometimes prefered by those of sufficiently advanced age. They may want to convert metres on this page to square feet.

The chart below is called a histogram, it helps you see the distribution of this house price per sqm data. To make this chart we put the sales data into a series of £ per sqm 'buckets' (e.g. £4,800-£5,000, £5,000-£5,200, £5,200-£5,400 etc...) we then count the number of sales with within in each bucket and plot the results. The chart is based on 111 sales in West Bergholt (CO6 3) that took place in the last two years.

You can see the spread of prices above. This is because although internal area is a key factor in determining valuation, it is not the only factor. Many factors other than size affect desirability; these factors could be condition, aspect, garden size, negotiating power of the vendor etc.

That said, the spread of prices will give you a feel of the typical range to expect in West Bergholt (CO6 3). Of the 111 transactions, half were sold for between £3,540 and £4,430 per square metre. Notably, only 25% of properties that sold recently were valued at more than £4,430m². For anything to be valued more than this means it has to be more desireable than the clear majority of homes.

For the average, we calculate the 'median' or middle price. The median price per square metre in 'CO6 3' is £3,930. The table below shows how 'CO6 3' compares to neighbouring postcode sectors.

Postcode sector	Lower quartile	Middle quartile	Upper quartile
CO6 1 Coggeshall	£3,390m2	£3,870m2	£4,560m2
CO6 3 West Bergholt	£3,540m2	£3,930m2	£4,430m2
CO6 4 Great Horkesley	£3,510m2	£4,000m2	£4,550m2
CO6 2 Earls Colne	£3,380m2	£3,850m2	£4,530m2
CO6 5 Polstead	£3,400m2	£4,140m2	£4,880m2

Will West Bergholt house prices drop in 2024?

I cannot tell the future and don't believe anyone who says they can. I can however plot price trends - I have done this in the scatter plot below for CO6 3 (West Bergholt). From this one could infer a range of reasonable possible future price falls or rises. In the chart below, the red dashed line is the house price trend for CO6 3 and the blue dots are the individual property sales that inform this trend.

Disclaimer: The data provided throughout this website about West Bergholt and any other area, is not financial advice. Any information provided does not and cannot ever take in to account the particular financial situation, objectives or property needs of either you or anyone reading this information. Furthermore, I cannot guarantee the accuracy of any data shown. This information is based on sold prices and internal area data provided by Land Registry and other third parties - I do not verify the accuracy of the West Bergholt data or any other data I am given.

Price map for West Bergholt

I've just finished coding the map I link to below. I find it useful and I am sure it will help you in exploring West Bergholt. You can zoom in all the way to individual properties and then all the way back out to see the whole country. The colours show the current estimated property values. I will explain more about the methodology and create a key next week.

House price heatmap for West Bergholt

Street level data

Street	Avg size	Avg £/m2	Recent sales
Colchester Road, West Bergholt, CO6 3J	113m2	£3,975	17
Halstead Road, West Bergholt, CO6 3P	134m2	£3,835	12
Maltings Park, West Bergholt, CO6 3T	72m2	£2,708	11
Halstead Road, West Bergholt, CO6 3Q	106m2	£3,965	10
Chapel Lane, West Bergholt, CO6 3E	125m2	£3,992	9
The Walk, West Bergholt, CO6 3Q	88m2	£3,163	9
Lexden Road, West Bergholt, CO6 3B	157m2	£3,907	9
Erle Havard Road, West Bergholt, CO6 3L	87m2	£3,193	9

Search for your street here.

Raw data

Our analysis of West Bergholt is derived from what is essentially a big table of sold prices from Land Registry with added property size information. Below are three rows from this table to give you an idea.

Address	Paid	m2	£/m2
3, Albany Close, West Bergholt, Coggeshall	£370,000 Sep-2023	86	4,302
17, Pirie Rd, West Bergholt, Coggeshall	£350,000 Sep-2023	88	3,977
83, Colchester Rd, West Bergholt, Coggeshall	£262,500 Aug-2023	60	4,375

See the entire list of all sales in West Bergholt (CO6 3) here.