Pete Tye Cottage, Colchester Road, Langenhoe, Colchester, CO5 7LN

Pete Tye Cottage is a three-bedroom detached house in Langenhoe, Colchester, Colchester (CO5 7LN). It has a recorded floor area of 240 m² (around 2583 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (April 2022) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in October 2009 the rating was G, the property has climbed 3 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and window efficiency went from Average to Good; while main heating dropped from Very Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78). Main heating runs on lpg. The property has underfloor heating on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Other recorded features include a balcony and attached land beyond the plot.

3 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2010–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.6% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£374/sq ft) was about 107.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: August 2022 at £965,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.