11 Songers Cottages, Dedham Road, Boxted, Colchester, CO4 5SQ
About 11 Songers Cottages
11 Songers Cottages is a six-bedroom semi-detached house in Boxted, Colchester, Colchester (CO4 5SQ). It has a recorded floor area of 184 m² (around 1981 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (July 2012) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from July 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 184 m² the property is well over the postcode median (90 m² across 18 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 6 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2002. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2007–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£305/sq ft) was about 94.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold August 2021 for £605,000. 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
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms6
- Bathrooms2
- Dining roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Private gardenRear
- ParkingOff road
Energy performance
11 Songers 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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 30 Jul 2022
EPC Rating
Planning history
Council records include a two-storey side extension at 11 Songers Cottages.
- May 2002ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Two storey · Side of property
Two storey side extension
- Documents
- 2 docs on file
- Reference
- F/COL/02/0619
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- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 11 Songers Cottages was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£591,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.8% per year over 14 years.
£605,000
Growth on file: 4.8% per year over 14 years.
Sales timeline
17 August 2021Most recent
£605,000
+92.1%over 13 years9 September 2007
£315,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO4 5SQ: £390,000 (2024–2012).
Nearby sales in CO4 5SQ
7 Songers Cottages, Dedham Road, Boxted, Colchester, CO4 5SQ
Sold Jun 2024
£450,0008 Songers Cottages, Dedham Road, Boxted, Colchester, CO4 5SQ
Sold Mar 2024
£390,00010 Songers Cottages, Dedham Road, Boxted, Colchester, CO4 5SQ
Sold Jan 2021
£472,0009 Songers Cottages, Dedham Road, Boxted, Colchester, CO4 5SQ
Sold Aug 2010
£247,75019 Songers Cottages, Dedham Road, Boxted, Colchester, CO4 5SQ
Sold Jun 2010
£195,000
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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
11 Songers Cottages outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,288
Street avg £2,687
Floor Area
184 m²
Street avg 106 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.2 t/year
Street avg 3.8 t/year
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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
Village Hall — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Boxted St Peter's Church of England School. 2 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