Oak Cottage, West End Road, Tiptree, Colchester, CO5 0QH

Oak 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.

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. Across 1997–2015, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £710,000 sits 52.7% above the 2015 sale of £465,000. 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.