Chota Koti, Huxtables Lane, Fordham Heath, Colchester, CO3 9TJ
About Chota Koti
Chota Koti is a detached house in Fordham Heath, Colchester, Colchester (CO3 9TJ). It has a recorded floor area of 74 m² (around 797 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (April 2025) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 74 m² it sits well below the postcode median (131 m² across 12 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally.
Energy performance
Chota Koti's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
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Level 3 Building Survey
Because the property was built before 1919 and has no mains gas supply, we believe a Level 3 building survey should be considered.
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Planning history
Chota Koti has no planning applications on record.
A planning report still maps activity across the surrounding area and reads this property's extension & conversion potential.
Sales history & valuation
Chota Koti has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£350,000
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 CO3 9TJ: £397,000 (2025–2019).
Nearby sales in CO3 9TJ
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Sold Oct 2025
£397,000Brook Cottage, Huxtables Lane, Fordham Heath, Colchester, CO3 9TJ
Sold Jan 2021
£305,000Gables, Huxtables Lane, Fordham Heath, Colchester, CO3 9TJ
Sold Dec 2020
£580,000Little Steading, Huxtables Lane, Fordham Heath, Colchester, CO3 9TJ
Sold Jun 2019
£550,000Tangham, Huxtables Lane, Fordham Heath, Colchester, CO3 9TJ
Sold Jan 2016
£500,000
Versus other Huxtables Lane homes
EPC Rating for Chota Koti lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
42 (E)
Street avg 63 (D)
Floor Area
74 m²
Street avg 146 m²
CO₂ Emissions
6.0 t/year
Street avg 5.7 t/year
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Huxtables Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
0.8 km
Holy Trinity CofE Primary School, Eight Ash Green and Aldham. 10 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.8dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.2dB







