2 Alberry Cottages, Church Street, Boxted, Colchester, CO4 5SU
About 2 Alberry Cottages
2 Alberry Cottages is a mid-terrace house in Boxted, Colchester, Colchester (CO4 5SU). It has a recorded floor area of 94 m² (around 1012 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (March 2019) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 111), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
Today's modelled estimate of £307,000 is 92.5% below the 2021 sale of £4,101,481, a rare downward gap that often correlates with deferred maintenance or unfinished works. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£4,054/sq ft) was about 1431.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 3 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused. Last sale on file: £4,101,481 in March 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 Alberry Cottages's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Planning history at 2 Alberry Cottages is exclusively tree-management applications — typical for a property with mature trees on or near the plot.
- Jul 2012Tree WorksTreesIn report
Fell 1 (E1) Eucalyptus tree
- Documents
- 1 doc on file
- Reference
- 121394
- Mar 2011Tree WorksTreesIn report
Eucalyptus x1 (E1) to have crown reduced back to previous points
- Documents
- 3 docs on file
- Reference
- 110600
We flagged 2 things worth checking at 2 Alberry 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
Latest sale on 2 Alberry Cottages was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£307,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£4,101,481
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
10 March 2021Most recent
£4,101,481
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO4 5SU: £408,000 (2025–2016).
Nearby sales in CO4 5SU
Church Cottage, Church Street, Boxted, Colchester, CO4 5SU
Sold Jul 2025
£410,0004 Alberry Cottages, Church Street, Boxted, Colchester, CO4 5SU
Sold Sept 2023
£270,000Church Villa, Church Street, Boxted, Colchester, CO4 5SU
Sold Feb 2022
£455,000St Peters Cottage, Church Street, Boxted, Colchester, CO4 5SU
Sold Jun 2016
£408,000Gate Cottage, Church Street, Boxted, Colchester, CO4 5SU
Sold Dec 2010
£500,000
Everything we know about 2 Alberry 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 Church Street homes
2 Alberry Cottages outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£43,633
Street avg £3,200
Floor Area
94 m²
Street avg 118 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.9 t/year
Street avg 7.9 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
1.0 km
Hobbs Drive — bus stop.
Closest school
0.9 km
Boxted St Peter's Church of England School. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.0dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.8dB