1 Hall Cottages, Boxted, Colchester, CO4 5TJ
About 1 Hall Cottages
1 Hall Cottages is a semi-detached house in Boxted, Colchester, Colchester (CO4 5TJ). It has a recorded floor area of 68 m² (around 732 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (March 2025) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an annexe, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
1 Hall Cottages's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Oct 2007AnnexHeritageIn report
Retrospective application for change of use of outbuildings to form residential annexe
Retrospective- Documents
- 3 docs on file
- Reference
- 072102
- Oct 2007AnnexAmendmentIn report
Retrospective application for change of use of outbuildings to form residential annexe
Retrospective- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- 072100
We flagged 2 things worth checking at 1 Hall 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
1 Hall Cottages has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£280,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 3 sales in CO4 5TJ: £499,999 (2023–1996).
Everything we know about 1 Hall 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
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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
1.4 km
Hobbs Drive — bus stop.
Closest school
1.3 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
42.8dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.8dB