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About Malting Cottage
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
Malting Cottage is a semi-detached house in Abberton, Colchester, Colchester (CO5 7NR). It has a recorded floor area of 59 m² (around 635 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (October 2016) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 90), a 2-band jump.
Untraded for 28 years, with the last transfer in December 1997. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £286,000 sits 376.7% above the 1997 sale of £60,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£94/sq ft) was about 59.3% below the postcode norm. At 59 m² it sits well below the postcode median (95 m² across 12 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally.
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
D61
E
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Very Poor
CO2 Emissions
3.2 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.
Malting Cottage's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (1997).
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£286,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
Last sold (1997)
£60,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
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.
Malting Cottage outperforms the street on years held by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,017
Street avg £3,527
Floor Area
59 m²
Street avg 135 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 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.
Beautiful places to visit nearby
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