6 Brook Cottages, Wet Lane, Boxted, Colchester, CO4 5TW
About 6 Brook Cottages
6 Brook Cottages is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Boxted, Colchester, Colchester (CO4 5TW). It has a recorded floor area of 175 m² (around 1881 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (August 2009) shows a C (score 70). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from August 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Last changed hands 9 years ago, in October 2017. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 4 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include a garage conversion and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1998–2017, sale prices on this property compounded at 10.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £531,000 is 22.4% above the 2017 sale price.
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Before you offer, see what the listing won't tell you, the true value, the red flags and the full history.
Already flagged here
Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
- Open-plan layoutYes
- Dining roomYes
- Utility roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
- StudyYes
- FireplaceYes
Energy performance
6 Brook Cottages's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 19 Aug 2019
EPC Rating
Planning history
6 Brook Cottages has been extended on multiple sides of the property across separate planning applications.
- Feb 2018Garage ConversionFullIn report
Conversion of integral garage into habitable space.
- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- 173236
- Jun 2008ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Front of property
Single storey front extension and retention of (a) bow window in frontelevation (b) canopy over existing garage and (c) increase in height/changes in fenestration detail of single storey rear extension.
Retrospective- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- 080790
We flagged 2 things worth checking at 6 Brook 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
Price for 6 Brook Cottages has grown more than fourfold since the 1998 starting point.
£531,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 10.7% per year over 20 years.
£433,750
Growth on file: 10.7% per year over 20 years.
Sales timeline
31 October 2017Most recent
£433,750
+29.1%over 7 years2 June 2010
£336,000
+12.0%over 2 years16 November 2007
£300,000
+408.5%over 9 years31 March 1998
£59,000
Median price across the last 2 sales in CO4 5TW: £506,000 (2020–2003).
Everything we know about 6 Brook 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
0.8 km
The Wig and Fidgett — bus stop.
Closest school
1.2 km
Boxted St Peter's Church of England School. 1 school nearby.
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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.1dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.5dB