4 Garden Cottages, Queens Head Road, Boxted, Colchester, CO4 5RQ
About 4 Garden Cottages
4 Garden Cottages is an end-of-terrace house in Boxted, Colchester, Colchester (CO4 5RQ). It has a recorded floor area of 67 m² (around 721 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (December 2015) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (November 2010); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from December 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2016. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 14 Dec 2025
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Roof insulation improved
More low energy lighting installed
Planning history
4 Garden Cottages has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
- Dec 2016ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Householder notification for a wood built, single storey rear extension with flat roof measuring at 6m from the original rear wall, height to be at 2.7m and eaves to measure at 2.7m from the ground level.
- Documents
- 3 docs on file
- Reference
- 162765
We flagged 2 things worth checking at 4 Garden Cottages
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- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
4 Garden Cottages has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£262,000
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 3 sales in CO4 5RQ: £150,000 (2025–2002).
Everything we know about 4 Garden 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
0.4 km
Queen's Head Road — bus stop.
Closest school
1.8 km
Boxted St Peter's Church of England School. 3 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.7dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.0dB