Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
6 Ypres Cottages, Abberton Road, Layer De La Haye, Colchester, CO2 0JX
1 planning record
Property type
Semi-detached
Habitable rooms
6
From EPC
Floor area
100 m²
1076 sq ft
Energy rating
D
Score 57
Council tax
Band C
Tenure
Owner Occupied
About 6 Ypres Cottages
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
6 Ypres Cottages is a semi-detached house in Layer-De-La-Haye, Colchester, Colchester (CO2 0JX). It has a recorded floor area of 100 m² (around 1076 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (June 2013) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from June 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2017. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 100 m² it's 25% larger than the typical home in the postcode (80 m² median across 5 EPCs).
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Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 05 Jun 2023
Current Certificate
Jun 2013EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
D57
E
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Average
Windows
Good
CO2 Emissions
5.4 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Certificate validity
Expired on 5 June 2023
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Victorian-eraSemi-Detached HouseEPC DPre-1919 buildExtended multiple times (2+ extensions)Solid (non-cavity) walls
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Planning history
Applications and permits filed against 6 Ypres Cottages, Abberton Road, Layer De La Haye, Colchester, CO2 0JX, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
6 Ypres Cottages has an approved rear extension on the planning record.
1 application on record at 6 Ypres Cottages, Abberton Road, Layer De La Haye, Colchester, CO2 0JX
1decisions1extensions7documents1nearby
- Oct 2017ConservatoryFullOutcome in report
Extension: Rear of property
Conservatory to rear.
Extension- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- 172408
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Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
6 Ypres Cottages has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£388,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO2 0JX: £674,500 (2026–2013).
Nearby sales in CO2 0JX
Brambles, Abberton Road, Layer De La Haye, Colchester, CO2 0JX
Sold Jan 2026
£674,500St Chloe, Abberton Road, Layer De La Haye, Colchester, CO2 0JX
Sold Jun 2021
£750,000Seasons, Abberton Road, Layer De La Haye, Colchester, CO2 0JX
Sold Jan 2018
£679,0003 Ypres Cottages, Abberton Road, Layer De La Haye, Colchester, CO2 0JX
Sold Aug 2003
£185,000Herons, Abberton Road, Layer De La Haye, Colchester, CO2 0JX
Sold Dec 2001
£295,000
Versus other Abberton Road homes
Four headline reads against 5 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
EPC Rating for 6 Ypres Cottages lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
57 (D)
Street avg 70 (C)
Floor Area
100 m²
Street avg 91 m²
CO₂ Emissions
5.4 t/year
Street avg 2.9 t/year
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
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The neighbourhood at a glance
A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Colchester district page.
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
311/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Mill Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
1.0 km
Layer-de-la-Haye Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School. 6 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around CO2 0JX from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.2dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.5dB
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