2 Cross Cottages, Dedham Road, Boxted, Colchester, CO4 5SH
About 2 Cross Cottages
2 Cross Cottages is a semi-detached house in Boxted, Colchester, Colchester (CO4 5SH). It has a recorded floor area of 114 m² (around 1227 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (July 2025) returns a high B (score 90), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. Main heating runs on electricity.
At 114 m² the property is well over the postcode median (51 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 82% of similar EPCs). 4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £397,000 is 28.1% above the 2021 sale price. Last sale on file: £310,000 in February 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Already flagged here
Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
2 Cross Cottages's carbon output is low for the local stock.
EPC Rating
Planning history
2 Cross Cottages has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
- Jan 2025ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Proposed single storey rear addition (Development taking place in conjunction with No. 1 Cross Cottages)
- Documents
- 14 docs on file
- Reference
- 242277
- Jan 2024ConditionsIn report
Application for approval of details reserved by condition 8 and 15 of planning permission 220148
- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- 232823
We flagged 2 things worth checking at 2 Cross 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
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£397,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£310,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
23 February 2021Most recent
£310,000
Median price across the last 2 sales in CO4 5SH: £150,000 (2023–1996).
Everything we know about 2 Cross 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
Versus other Dedham Road homes
EPC Rating for 2 Cross Cottages runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
EPC Rating
90 (B)
Street avg 73 (C)
Floor Area
114 m²
Street avg 64 m²
CO₂ Emissions
0.3 t/year
Street avg 1.9 t/year
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 4 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
0.1 km
Cooks Hill — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Boxted St Peter's Church of England School. 2 schools nearby.
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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.1dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.1dB