Newbridge Cottage, Newbridge Road, Tiptree, Colchester, CO5 0JA

Newbridge Cottage is a five-bedroom detached house in Tiptree, Colchester, Colchester (CO5 0JA). It has a recorded floor area of 190 m² (around 2045 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (November 2017) shows a C (score 78), near the top of the C band. The rating has held steady at C across 2 certificates since June 2014. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and main heating went from Average to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average and hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 92), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

It hasn't traded since December 2006, a hold of 19 years that's notably long for the area. At 190 m² the property is well over the postcode median (129 m² across 9 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 89% of similar EPCs). Across 2002–2006, sale prices on this property compounded at 16.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £800,000 sits 70.2% above the 2006 sale of £470,000. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2003. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.