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Get started2 Grouts Farm Cottages is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Maldon (CM9 8EL). It has a recorded floor area of 130 m² (around 1399 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2025 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (August 2025) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in September 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil: heating oil. Other recorded features include notable views, outbuildings and attached land beyond the plot. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.
Sale prices here have outpaced Maldon HPI: 5.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £614,000 is 49% above the 2017 sale price. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. 9 years since the last transfer (January 2017).
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
Sale price has at least doubled since 2003.
£614,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.5% per year over 14 years.
£412,000
Growth on file: 5.5% per year over 14 years.
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
4/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.3 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.6dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
High performance glazing installed
Roof insulation improved
More low energy lighting installed
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Extension: Rear of property
Demolition of existing conservatory to allow for a new rear extension to provide new kitchen dining room at ground floor and first floor bedroom.
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
First floor bathroom extension and new dormer
20 January 2017Most recent
£412,000
+53.7%over 6 years29 January 2010
£268,000
+36.0%over 6 years14 March 2003
£197,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CM9 8EL: £385,000 (2021–2005).
CM9 8FD
Grouts Farm — bus stop.
Closest school
1.0 km
Tolleshunt D'Arcy St Nicholas Primary Academy. 1 school nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.2dB
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