Keatings, Green Lane, Boxted, Colchester, CO4 5TR
About Keatings
Keatings is a detached house in Boxted, Colchester, Colchester (CO4 5TR). It has a recorded floor area of 191 m² (around 2056 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (April 2023) shows an F (score 30), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
Today's modelled estimate of £749,000 is 22% below the 2023 sale of £960,000, a rare downward gap that often correlates with deferred maintenance or unfinished works. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£467/sq ft) was about 322.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 191 m² the property is well over the postcode median (102 m² across 7 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2007. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sale on file: £960,000 in September 2023.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Keatings sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Keatings has an approved extension on the planning record.
- Feb 2007ConservatoryFullIn report
Erection of replacement conservatory.
Extension- Documents
- 3 docs on file
- Reference
- F/COL/07/0041
We flagged 2 things worth checking at Keatings
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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 Keatings was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£749,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£960,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
5 September 2023Most recent
£960,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO4 5TR: £400,000 (2023–2014).
Nearby sales in CO4 5TR
Somerton House, Green Lane, Boxted, Colchester, CO4 5TR
Sold Mar 2023
£700,000Hillside Cottage, Green Lane, Boxted, Colchester, CO4 5TR
Sold Jun 2021
£802,500The Swallows, Green Lane, Boxted, Colchester, CO4 5TR
Sold Jul 2015
£400,000The Pippins, Green Lane, Boxted, Colchester, CO4 5TR
Sold Jul 2005
£320,000Elmcroft, Green Lane, Boxted, Colchester, CO4 5TR
Sold Jul 2002
£420,000
Everything we know about Keatings, 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 Green Lane homes
Keatings outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£5,026
Street avg £2,470
Floor Area
191 m²
Street avg 498 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
14.0 t/year
Street avg 13.4 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
0.8 km
The Wig and Fidgett — bus stop.
Closest school
1.3 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
42.2dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.6dB