1 Thrift Cottages, Straight Road, Boxted, Colchester, CO4 5RA
About 1 Thrift Cottages
1 Thrift Cottages is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Boxted, Colchester, Colchester (CO4 5RA). It has a recorded floor area of 161 m² (around 1733 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (November 2009) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from November 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
7 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 3 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. Last sold in August 2015, so it's been off the market for around 11 years. Across 2013–2015, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £609,000 is 44.7% above the 2015 sale price.
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Already flagged here
Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
Energy performance
1 Thrift Cottages's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 12 Nov 2019
EPC Rating
Planning history
1 Thrift Cottages has multiple listed-building consents on file — alterations need formal heritage approval.
- Mar 2016ConditionsIn report
Discharge of condition 5 of planning permission 151747. (Installation of fire alarm)
- Documents
- 3 docs on file
- Reference
- 152854
- Nov 2015RenovationHeritageIn report
Alterations to a Listed Building.
Listed- Documents
- 10 docs on file
- Reference
- 151747
We flagged 2 things worth checking at 1 Thrift Cottages
Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.
- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
£609,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.2% per year over 2 years.
£421,000
Growth on file: 5.2% per year over 2 years.
Sales timeline
5 August 2015Most recent
£421,000
+9.4%over 1 year31 October 2013
£385,000
Median price across the last 1 sales in CO4 5RA: £238,000 (2005–2005).
Nearby sales in CO4 5RA
Everything we know about 1 Thrift Cottages, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby
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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
Anglia Landscapes — bus stop.
Closest school
1.5 km
Boxted St Peter's Church of England School. 4 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.8dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.1dB