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Get started3 Shop Lane is a semi-detached house in East Mersea, Colchester, Colchester (CO5 8TR). It has a recorded floor area of 59 m² (around 635 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (January 2020) shows a C (score 76), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in May 2015 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 89). Main heating runs on oil.
At 59 m² it sits well below the postcode median (103 m² across 6 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally.
3 Shop Lane has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£278,000
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 habitable rooms, 3 Shop Lane runs well behind the street norm.
EPC Rating
76 (C)
Street avg 53 (E)
Floor Area
59 m²
Street avg 116 m²
CO₂ Emissions
2.4 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
0.4 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.4dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
More low energy lighting installed
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Median price across the last 5 sales in CO5 8TR: £423,000 (2022–2014).
Saltings Shop Lane East Mersea Colchester
Sold Nov 2022
High Hoe Shop Lane East Mersea Colchester
Sold Dec 2019
6 Shop Lane East Mersea Colchester
Sold Feb 2015
The Nook Shop Lane East Mersea Colchester
Sold Sept 2014
White Cottage Shop Lane East Mersea Colchester
Sold Dec 2009
Street avg 6.5 t/year
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO5 8QE
Fen Lane — bus stop.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.7dB