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Swimming pool
About 3 Cross Lane
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
3 Cross Lane is a four-bedroom detached house in West Mersea, Colchester, Colchester (CO5 8HN). It has a recorded floor area of 162 m² (around 1744 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band G. There is a swimming pool on the plot, uncommon for the area. The latest certificate (December 2018) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 68). Main heating runs on oil.
Sale prices here have outpaced Colchester HPI: 4.8% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £716,000 is 19.3% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£344/sq ft) was about 52.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 162 m² it's 15.6% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (192 m² median across 7 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Most recent transfer: October 2019 at £600,000.
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
- Bedrooms4
- 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.
3 Cross Lane sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
E
E51
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Oil
Hot Water
Average
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
8.1 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.
Sale price has at least doubled since 1998.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£716,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.8% per year over 22 years.
Last sold (2019)
£600,000
Growth on file: 4.8% per year over 22 years.
Sales timeline
Versus other Cross Lane homes
Four headline reads against 7 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
On epc rating, 3 Cross Lane runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,704
Street avg £2,893
Floor Area
162 m²
Street avg 164 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
Similar properties nearby
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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 8HN from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.0dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 22 points of interest in total.
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