Rose Cottage, Bull Lane, Tiptree, Colchester, CO5 0BE

Rose Cottage is a five-bedroom detached house in Tiptree, Colchester, Colchester (CO5 0BE). It has a recorded floor area of 246 m² (around 2648 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band D. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe and outbuildings. The latest certificate (September 2016) shows a C (score 71).

Held since January 1997 — that's 29 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 246 m² the property is well over the postcode median (80 m² across 12 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £706,000 sits 1076.7% above the 1997 sale of £60,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£23/sq ft) was about 89.9% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an annexe, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.