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Get started3 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.
Sale prices here have outpaced Colchester HPI: 8.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£406/sq ft) was about 70.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 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.
3 Red Bull Cottages's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 27 May 2020
3 Red Bull Cottages has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.
Replacement of existing back door wooden door, which has become worn and outdated. It does not provide sufficient insulation or security.
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.
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

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.6dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
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Extension: Single storey
Proposed first floor extension
1 more application for this property
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12 October 2019Most recent
£220,000
+93.0%over 8 years9 September 2011
£114,000
+153.3%over 13 years26 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).
CO5 0DW
The New Times — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Tiptree Heath Primary School. 6 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.8dB
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