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Get startedOak Cottage is a six-bedroom detached house in Tiptree, Colchester, Colchester (CO5 0QH). It has a recorded floor area of 180 m² (around 1938 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (March 2014) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 71). The latest certificate is from March 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.
Sale prices here have outpaced Colchester HPI: 6.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £710,000 sits 52.7% above the 2015 sale of £465,000. At 180 m² the property is well over the postcode median (89 m² across 12 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 6 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2018. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last changed hands 11 years ago, in October 2015.
Oak Cottage'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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 07 Mar 2024
Council records include a two-storey side extension at Oak Cottage.
Extension: Two storey · Side of property
Two storey side extension and ground floor rear.
Sale price has grown by over 3x since 1997.
£710,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.2% per year over 18 years.
£465,000
Growth on file: 6.2% per year over 18 years.
Oak Cottage outperforms the street on habitable rooms by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,583
Street avg £3,021
Floor Area
180 m²
Street avg 148 m²
Habitable Rooms
10 rooms
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

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.0dB

16 October 2015Most recent
£465,000
+20.8%over 9 years28 April 2006
£385,000
+148.4%over 8 years8 July 1997
£155,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO5 0QH: £260,000 (2025–2017).
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Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.8 t/year
Street avg 6.0 t/year
CO5 0GS
Simpsons Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
1.2 km
Tiptree Heath Primary School. 5 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.6dB
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