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VACANT - Freehold Detached Former Care Home (C2 Use Class) and Site with Potential, Tendring, CO7

162 Church Road, Brightlingsea, Colchester, Essex, CO7 0QU

A plot of land in Brightlingsea, Colchester (CO7), freehold. Allsop is selling it at auction on Wednesday 21 October, with a guide of £650,000+. The auctioneer's listing says it is offered vacant and mentions planning potential.

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From the auctioneer's description:vacantplanning
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Guide price
£650,000+
05days
19hrs
59mins
30secs
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Tendring, CO7. Indicative location. Sources

Estimated cost to winPrice, fees and Stamp duty (non-residential)£674,000See breakdown
  • Price£650,000
  • Buyer's / admin fee£2,000
  • Stamp duty (non-residential) estimate£22,000
  • Legal pack and searches£0
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Allsop's usual buyer's fees (Residential: £2,000 inc VAT (£300 under £10,000); commercial £1,500 + VAT). Check the lot's legal pack. Estimate only. How fees work

Key facts

Type
VACANT - Freehold Detached Former Care Home (C2 Use Class) and Site with Potential
Bedrooms
Not published
Tenure
Freehold
Council tax band
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Auction
Wednesday, 21 October 2026
Lot number
62
Auctioneer
Allsop
Postcode
CO7 0QU

Listed by Allsop · Lot 62 · Checked 15 Oct, 13:22

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Guide + works£650,000
Guide £650,000Works £0VAT & buffer
Extend: 0 m²Single-storey, £2,200–£3,300 per m²
Loft

Rough 2026 ranges excluding VAT from Checkatrade, Homebuilding & Renovating and Self Build. Value estimates use Nationwide research (10% more space ≈ 5% more value; a loft or extension with a double bedroom and bathroom up to 24%). Not a valuation or a quote: view the property and get builders' quotes before you bid. Extensions and lofts may need planning permission.

Sale history

No past sales found for this exact address. It may not have sold since 1995, or be listed under a different name.

Recent sales in CO7 0QU

  • Strangers Corner Church Road · Detached · Jun 2024£675,000
  • Strangers Corner Church Road · Detached · Jun 2021£650,000
  • Greythorpe Church Road · Detached · Dec 2020£800,000
  • Futures, 162 Church Road · Other · Feb 2018£1,328,572
  • Greythorpe Church Road · Detached · May 2017£775,000
  • 166 Church Road · Detached · Feb 2013£320,000

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Around here

Photos taken nearby by Geograph contributors. They show the area, not necessarily this property.

Church Road, Brightlingsea
Church Road, Brightlingsea · about 50 m away
© Trevor Harris, CC BY-SA 2.0
Colne Community School Field
Colne Community School Field · about 110 m away
© Glyn Baker, CC BY-SA 2.0
Brightlingsea: Penned area
Brightlingsea: Penned area · about 110 m away
© Michael Garlick, CC BY-SA 2.0
Brightlingsea: Bungalows in Church Road
Brightlingsea: Bungalows in Church Road · about 110 m away
© Michael Garlick, CC BY-SA 2.0

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