6 Bretts Cottages, West End Road, Tiptree, Colchester, CO5 0QH
About 6 Bretts Cottages
6 Bretts Cottages is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Tiptree, Colchester, Colchester (CO5 0QH). It has a recorded floor area of 84 m² (around 904 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (September 2013) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from September 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record.
At 84 m² it sits well below the postcode median (135 m² across 12 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2008. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2014–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £307,000 is 18.1% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£288/sq ft) was about 19.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold March 2021 for £260,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms1
- Dining roomYes
- CloakroomYes
- StudyYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- DrivewayYes
Building
- Central heatingYes
- Period featuresYes
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 09 Sept 2023
EPC Rating
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Planning history
6 Bretts Cottages has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
1 application on record at 6 Bretts Cottages, West End Road, Tiptree, Colchester, CO5 0QH
- Jun 2008ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
First floor extension to rear over existing ground floor extension
- Documents
- 3 docs on file
- Reference
- 080859
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£307,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.7% per year over 7 years.
£260,000
Growth on file: 3.7% per year over 7 years.
Sales timeline
19 March 2021Most recent
£260,000
+26.8%over 6 years3 August 2014
£205,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO5 0QH: £271,000 (2025–2016).
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
£271,000Coppingers, West End Road, Tiptree, Colchester, CO5 0QH
Sold Aug 2020
£610,000Jogeba, West End Road, Tiptree, Colchester, CO5 0QH
Sold Jan 2016
£580,000Oak Cottage, West End Road, Tiptree, Colchester, CO5 0QH
Sold Oct 2015
£465,000
Versus other West End Road homes
6 Bretts Cottages outperforms the street on co₂ emissions by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,095
Street avg £2,957
Floor Area
84 m²
Street avg 156 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.5 t/year
Street avg 6.2 t/year
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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.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.0dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.6dB







