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1 Pond Cottages, Mersea Road, Abberton, Colchester, CO5 7NR

3 sales on record

Estimated value

£245,000

  • Since the 2021 sale (£267,500)-8%
  • Against CO5 7NR's recent median (£490,000)-50%

Newest record on this page: December 2025. Land Registry and EPC registers update monthly, so this page can trail them by 2–3 months.

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Property type
End terrace
Habitable rooms
4
From EPC
Floor area
62 m²
667 sq ft
Energy rating
G
Score 7
Council tax
Band B
Tenure
Owner Occupied
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Valuation

About this valuation

How the figure is worked out and what it's based on. If you know this home, you can tell other visitors what you think it's worth.

Our estimate

£245,000

  • Against its 2021 sale (£267,500)-8%
  • Against CO5 7NR's recent median (£490,000)-50%

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How the estimate is made

The estimate for 1 Pond Cottages is modelled from its 62 m² EPC floor area, its 3 recorded sales and recent sales of comparable homes in CO5 7NR. It is an automated estimate, not a survey or mortgage valuation: condition, layout and improvements that aren't on record can move the real figure either way.

What it's based on

  • Floor area

    62 m² from the EPC lodged in June 2012

  • Sales of this home

    3 sales recorded, the latest in 2021

  • Recent sales in CO5 7NR

    5 sales, median £490,000 (2025–2020)

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DataThis pageFull report
SalesLatest sale shown: December 2025Latest available records, read when you order
ValuationEstimate from the last refreshAnalysed against comparable sales
PlanningNone on this homeFull history, plus nearby schemes
Flood riskNot shownIncluded
Price

Sales history & valuation

Every recorded sale of this home, how its price has moved, and what neighbouring properties have sold for.

1 Pond Cottages has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1995.

Sales timeline

  1. 22 April 2021Most recent

    £267,500

    +72.6%over 5 years

  2. 18 May 2015

    £155,000

    +349.3%over 19 years

  3. 3 November 1995

    £34,500

Median price across the last 5 sales in CO5 7NR: £490,000 (2025–2020).

Risks

What this page doesn't show

Nothing is flagged from the data on this page, but these checks are only run in the report. The detail, evidence and what to ask about it are in the Risks Report.
  • Flood risk from rivers, sea and surface waterIn report
  • Subsidence and ground-stability signalsIn report
  • Refusals, enforcement and big schemes nearbyIn report

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Overview

About 1 Pond Cottages

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

1 Pond Cottages is an end-of-terrace house in Abberton, Colchester, Colchester (CO5 7NR). It has a recorded floor area of 62 m² (around 667 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (June 2012) shows a G (score 7), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on house coal. The latest certificate is from June 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 62 m² it sits well below the postcode median (95 m² across 12 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1995–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.4% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£401/sq ft) was about 102.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £267,500 in April 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.

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The data behind every report

  • HM Land Registry, source of sold price history
  • Department for Education, source of schools data
  • Police.uk, source of crime statistics
  • Department for Transport, source of stations and transport links
  • Environment Agency, source of flood risk data
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, source of road noise data
  • PlanIt, source of planning application records
Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

1 Pond Cottages sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.

EPC Expired

This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 18 Jun 2022

Current Certificate
Jun 2012

EPC Rating

A
B
C
D
E
F
G
G7
Main Heating
Electric
Main Fuel
—
Hot Water
Average
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
9.2 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied

Certificate validity

Expired on 18 June 2022

New assessment needed to sell or let
Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against 1 Pond Cottages, Mersea Road, Abberton, Colchester, CO5 7NR, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

1 Pond Cottages has no planning applications on record.

A planning report still maps activity across the surrounding area and reads this property's extension & conversion potential.

On the street

Versus other Mersea Road homes

Four headline reads against 12 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

1 Pond Cottages is notably below the street on epc rating.

Price per m²

£4,315

Street avg £3,287

Above

Floor Area

62 m²

Street avg 135 m²

Below

Habitable Rooms

4 rooms

Street avg 6 rooms

Strongly below

CO₂ Emissions

9.2 t/year

Street avg 6.9 t/year

Below
Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Colchester district page.
Full Colchester report

Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.

Crime

92/mo

Falling year-on-year across the wider district.

Nearest stop

0.1 km

Layer Road — bus stop.

Closest school

0.5 km

Langenhoe Community Primary School. 3 schools nearby.

Nearest schools

  • Langenhoe Community Primary SchoolPrimary490m
  • Cherry Tree AcademyPrimary2.3km
  • Fingringhoe Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolPrimary2.6km

Nearest stops

  • Layer RoadBus stop134m
  • Edward Marke DriveBus stop174m
  • Mersea RdBus stop185m
  • Hams FarmBus stop697m

Most reported crime locally

  • Violence & Sexual Offences656 reports48%
  • Criminal Damage & Arson129 reports9%
  • Other Theft128 reports9%
  • Anti-social Behaviour126 reports9%

Go deeper on the local area

A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.

Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around CO5 7NR from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime road noise heatmap for CO5 7NR

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

46.0dB

Low
Night-time road noise heatmap for CO5 7NR

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

38.7dB

Low
55 dB
60 dB
65 dB
70 dB
75 dB
80 dB
Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4
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Level 3 Building Survey

Victorian-eraEnd-Terrace HouseEPC GPre-1919 buildExtended multiple times (2+ extensions)No mains gasSolid (non-cavity) walls

Because the property was built before 1919, has been extended more than once, and has no mains gas supply, we believe a Level 3 building survey should be considered.

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Where every figure above comes from, how current it is and what it can't tell you.
Valuation method in detail
How the estimate is made
The estimate for 1 Pond Cottages is modelled from its 62 m² EPC floor area, its 3 recorded sales and recent sales of comparable homes in CO5 7NR. It is an automated estimate, not a survey or mortgage valuation: condition, layout and improvements that aren't on record can move the real figure either way.
Where sold prices come from
Sold prices are HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, which covers residential sales in England and Wales since 1995. 3 sales are recorded for 1 Pond Cottages. Sales normally appear two to three months after completion, so the most recent ones take time to show up anywhere.
Reading the EPC
Energy Performance Certificates rate homes from A (most efficient) to G and last 10 years. The latest one for 1 Pond Cottages was lodged in June 2012 at band G and expired in June 2022, so a new one is needed to sell or let. Floor area, heating and insulation details on this page come from it.
Planning records
Planning applications are collected from local authority registers through PlanIt. None is matched to 1 Pond Cottages. Councils sometimes file applications under a different address format, and applications on neighbouring land aren't listed here; the report covers both.
Area figures
Crime is police-recorded street-level data over the last 15 months, which places each incident at an approximate point. The 3 schools and 26 stops listed are measured in a straight line from CO5 7NR, not by walking route. Road noise is Defra's strategic noise modelling, averaged across the postcode.
Council tax band
1 Pond Cottages is in council tax band B. Bands are set by the Valuation Office Agency from historic values (1 April 1991 in England, 1 April 2003 in Wales), not today's price; the amount you pay depends on the council's rate for the band.
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