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Get started4 Baring Gould Cottages is a semi-detached house in East Mersea, Colchester, Colchester (CO5 8TQ). It has a recorded floor area of 135 m² (around 1452 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (February 2009) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from February 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 135 m² the property is well over the postcode median (88 m² across 5 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2002. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
4 Baring Gould Cottages's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 12 Feb 2019
4 Baring Gould Cottages has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Proposed single storey extension to rear to provide disabled bedroom and bathroom facilities.
4 Baring Gould Cottages has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£379,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
On floor area, 4 Baring Gould Cottages stands well clear of the street.
EPC Rating
61 (D)
Street avg 57 (D)
Floor Area
135 m²
Street avg 90 m²
CO₂ Emissions
5.5 t/year
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

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.0dB

Median price across the last 3 sales in CO5 8TQ: £196,400 (2020–2006).
Street avg 4.9 t/year
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO5 8LZ
Church Lane — bus stop.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.5dB