3 Alberry Cottages, Church Street, Boxted, Colchester, CO4 5SU

3 Alberry Cottages is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Boxted, Colchester, Colchester (CO4 5SU). It has a recorded floor area of 106 m² (around 1144 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (December 2009) shows a G (score 8), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 55), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on to be used only when there is no heating/hot. The latest certificate is from December 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include outbuildings and attached land beyond the plot. Period features are noted in the property record. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

It hasn't traded since December 2009, a hold of 16 years that's notably long for the area. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £297,000 sits 69.7% above the 2009 sale of £175,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£153/sq ft) was about 46% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2017. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.