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3 sales on record
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.
Sale prices here have outpaced Colchester HPI: 8.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £232,000 is 13.3% below the 2021 sale of £267,500, below the original sale price, which typically signals condition or completion-status changes worth verifying. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£401/sq ft) was about 231.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 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. 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.
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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 19 Jun 2022
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
1 Pond Cottages has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1995.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£232,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.4% per year over 25 years.
Last sold (2021)
£267,500
Growth on file: 8.4% per year over 25 years.
Sales timeline
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 £3,161
Floor Area
62 m²
Street avg 135 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 6 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
A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Colchester district page.
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
0.1 km
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· 07:00 – 23:00
46.0dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 29 points of interest in total.
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