4 Bretts Cottages, West End Road, Tiptree, Colchester, CO5 0QH
About 4 Bretts Cottages
4 Bretts Cottages is a mid-terrace house in Tiptree, Colchester, Colchester (CO5 0QH). It has a recorded floor area of 93 m² (around 1001 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (July 2022) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 2-band jump.
At 93 m² it's 28.7% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (131 m² median across 12 EPCs).
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
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Level 3 Building Survey
Because the property was built before 1919, has been extended more than once, and has solid (non-cavity) walls, we believe a Level 3 building survey should be considered.
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Planning history
4 Bretts Cottages has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
3 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Sales history & valuation
4 Bretts Cottages has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£266,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO5 0QH: £260,000 (2025–2017).
Nearby sales in CO5 0QH
5 Bretts Cottages, West End Road, Tiptree, Colchester, CO5 0QH
Sold Feb 2025
£220,0003 Bretts Cottages, West End Road, Tiptree, Colchester, CO5 0QH
Sold May 2022
£271,0006 Bretts Cottages, West End Road, Tiptree, Colchester, CO5 0QH
Sold Mar 2021
£260,000Coppingers, West End Road, Tiptree, Colchester, CO5 0QH
Sold Aug 2020
£610,000Jogeba, West End Road, Tiptree, Colchester, CO5 0QH
Sold Jan 2016
£580,000
Versus other West End Road homes
EPC Rating
59 (D)
Street avg 60 (D)
Floor Area
93 m²
Street avg 156 m²
CO₂ Emissions
4.7 t/year
Street avg 6.1 t/year
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
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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
0.7 km
Simpsons Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
1.2 km
Tiptree Heath Primary School. 5 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.0dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.6dB







