3 Red Bull Cottages, Station Road, Tiptree, Colchester, CO5 0BL
About 3 Red Bull Cottages
3 Red Bull Cottages is a one-bedroom detached house in Tiptree, Colchester, Colchester (CO5 0BL). It has a recorded floor area of 50 m² (around 542 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (May 2010) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in May 2010 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. The latest certificate is from May 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 50 m² it sits well below the postcode median (72 m² across 7 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Sold October 2019 for £220,000. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1996–2019, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.6% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£406/sq ft) was about 70.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms1
- Bathrooms1
- Dining roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
- StudyYes
- FireplaceYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- ParkingAllocated
Building
- Heating systemGas
Energy performance
3 Red Bull 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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 26 May 2020
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
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Planning history
3 Red Bull Cottages has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.
3 applications on record at 3 Red Bull Cottages, Station Road, Tiptree, Colchester, CO5 0BL
- Oct 2013ExtensionHeritageOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey
Proposed first floor extension
- Documents
- 18 docs on file
- Reference
- 131610
- More recent applications — locked
- RenovationJun 2025Decision
- ExtensionOct 2013Decision
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Sales history & valuation
3 Red Bull Cottages has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1996.
£235,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.6% per year over 24 years.
£220,000
Growth on file: 8.6% per year over 24 years.
Sales timeline
11 October 2019Most recent
£220,000
+93.0%over 8 years8 September 2011
£114,000
+153.3%over 13 years25 June 1998
£45,000
+21.6%over 7 months5 December 1997
£37,000
+19.4%over 1 year9 February 1996
£31,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO5 0BL: £315,000 (2024–2019).
Nearby sales in CO5 0BL
66 Station Road, Tiptree, Colchester, CO5 0BL
Sold May 2024
£445,00045 Station Road, Tiptree, Colchester, CO5 0BL
Sold May 2024
£270,0001 Red Bull Cottages, Station Road, Tiptree, Colchester, CO5 0BL
Sold Jun 2022
£210,00049 Station Road, Tiptree, Colchester, CO5 0BL
Sold Jul 2020
£440,00049a, Station Road, Tiptree, Colchester, CO5 0BL
Sold Nov 2019
£315,000
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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
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.0 km
The New Times — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Tiptree Heath Primary School. 6 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.6dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.8dB







