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Get started3 Abbey Cottages is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Wix, Manningtree, Manningtree (CO11 2SH). It has a recorded floor area of 97 m² (around 1044 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (September 2025) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 3 certificates since February 2010. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
Held since February 2011 — that's 15 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 10.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £350,000 sits 81.3% above the 2011 sale of £193,000. At 97 m² it sits well below the postcode median (148 m² across 13 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 77% of similar EPCs).
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
3 Abbey Cottages has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1996.
£350,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 10.5% per year over 14 years.
£193,000
Growth on file: 10.5% per year over 14 years.
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3 Abbey Cottages is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£1,990
Street avg £2,146
Floor Area
97 m²
Street avg 168 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
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
0.1 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.9dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Switched from oil to mains gas, reducing emissions and costs
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Hot water system upgraded
High performance glazing installed
Cavity wall insulation installed
Loft insulation upgraded to recommended levels
Floor insulation added or improved
More low energy lighting installed
Fuel source changed
Heating controls changed
Hot water efficiency decreased
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3 February 2011Most recent
£193,000
-7.2%over 6 years10 March 2004
£208,000
+347.3%over 7 years15 November 1996
£46,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO11 2SH: £550,000 (2024–2018).
Wix Abbey Bradfield Road Wix Manningtree
Sold Nov 2024
Granary Bradfield Road Wix Manningtree
Sold Jun 2021
Lees Bradfield Road Wix Manningtree
Sold Jun 2021
1 Abbey Cottages Bradfield Road Wix Manningtree
Sold Jan 2020
New House Bradfield Road Wix Manningtree
Sold Oct 2016
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CO₂ Emissions
5.6 t/year
Street avg 5.5 t/year
CO11 2SH
Wix Abbey — bus stop.
Closest school
0.7 km
Wix and Wrabness Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.6dB