1 Cage Lane, Boxted, Colchester, CO4 5RE

1 Cage Lane is a four-bedroom detached house in Boxted, Colchester, Colchester (CO4 5RE). It has a recorded floor area of 238 m² (around 2562 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (April 2025) shows a D (score 56), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in October 2014 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Average and main heating dropped from Good to Average. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe and outbuildings.

At 238 m² the property is well over the postcode median (122 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £804,000 is 35.1% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£232/sq ft) was about 15.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 10 years since the last transfer (September 2016).