Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
19 Porters Cottages, Fordham Heath, Colchester, CO3 9TT
Property type
Semi-detached
Habitable rooms
5
From EPC
Floor area
79 m²
850 sq ft
Energy rating
D
Score 64
Council tax
Band C
Tenure
Owner Occupied
About 19 Porters Cottages
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
19 Porters Cottages is a semi-detached house in Fordham Heath, Colchester, Colchester (CO3 9TT). It has a recorded floor area of 79 m² (around 850 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (February 2021) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 2-band jump.
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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.
Current Certificate
Feb 2021EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
D64
E
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
3.5 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Certificate validity
Valid until 15 February 2031
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Planning history
Applications and permits filed against 19 Porters Cottages, Fordham Heath, Colchester, CO3 9TT, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
19 Porters Cottages 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
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
19 Porters 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£296,000
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 9TT: £250,000 (2020–2015).
Nearby sales in CO3 9TT
34 Porters Cottages, Fordham Heath, Colchester, CO3 9TT
Sold Jan 2020
£285,00021 Porters Cottages, Fordham Heath, Colchester, CO3 9TT
Sold May 2019
£250,00031 Porters Cottages, Fordham Heath, Colchester, CO3 9TT
Sold Sept 2017
£285,00020 Porters Cottages, Fordham Heath, Colchester, CO3 9TT
Sold Mar 2015
£193,0006 Porters Cottages, Fordham Heath, Colchester, CO3 9TT
Sold May 2009
£225,000
Versus other Porters Cottages homes
Four headline reads against 18 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
Floor Area for 19 Porters Cottages lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
64 (D)
Street avg 68 (D)
Floor Area
79 m²
Street avg 87 m²
CO₂ Emissions
3.5 t/year
Street avg 3.4 t/year
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
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The neighbourhood at a glance
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Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
229/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.0 km
Fiddlers Folly — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
Holy Trinity CofE Primary School, Eight Ash Green and Aldham. 6 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around CO3 9TT from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.3dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.1dB
55 dB
60 dB
65 dB
70 dB
75 dB
80 dB
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