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About Fuchsia Cottage
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
Fuchsia Cottage is a three-bedroom detached house in Abberton, Colchester, Colchester (CO5 7NH). It has a recorded floor area of 77 m² (around 829 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (June 2022) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76).
At 77 m² it sits well below the postcode median (160 m² across 17 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£585/sq ft) was about 147.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £485,000 in August 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms2
- Dining roomYes
- CloakroomYes
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
D55
E
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
4.6 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£512,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
Last sold (2022)
£485,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
Versus other Layer Road homes
Four headline reads against 17 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
Fuchsia Cottage outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£6,299
Street avg £3,076
Floor Area
77 m²
Street avg 174 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Similar properties nearby
A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.
The neighbourhood at a glance
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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
0.2 km
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around CO5 7NH from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.9dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 28 points of interest in total.
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