5 Homedale Cottages, Dedham Road, Boxted, Colchester, CO4 5SJ

5 Homedale Cottages is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Boxted, Colchester, Colchester (CO4 5SJ). It has a recorded floor area of 112 m² (around 1206 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (July 2022) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80). Main heating runs on oil. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.

It hasn't traded since May 2000, a hold of 26 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 112 m² the property is well over the postcode median (81 m² across 6 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £371,000 sits 363.8% above the 2000 sale of £79,995. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£66/sq ft) was about 76.4% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.