Gate Cottage, Church Street, Boxted, Colchester, CO4 5SU

Gate Cottage is a three-bedroom detached house in Boxted, Colchester, Colchester (CO4 5SU). It has a recorded floor area of 181 m² (around 1948 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (July 2018) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in March 2010 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, roof efficiency went from Average to Good and window efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76). Main heating runs on oil.

Untraded for 16 years, with the last transfer in December 2010. At 181 m² the property is well over the postcode median (100 m² across 6 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 83% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £714,000 is 42.8% above the 2010 sale price. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2011.