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Get started4 Shop Lane is a semi-detached house in East Mersea, Colchester, Colchester (CO5 8TR). It has a recorded floor area of 58 m² (around 624 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (September 2023) shows a C (score 78), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in March 2015 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average and roof efficiency went from Average to Good; while lighting dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 118), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 58 m² it sits well below the postcode median (103 m² across 6 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
4 Shop Lane has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£253,000
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.
4 Shop Lane outperforms the street on epc rating by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
78 (C)
Street avg 53 (E)
Floor Area
58 m²
Street avg 116 m²
CO₂ Emissions
2.3 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
Cavity wall insulation installed
Roof insulation improved
Low energy lighting percentage decreased
More low energy lighting installed
Solar PV panels (45 kWp) 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 8TQ
Fen Lane — bus stop.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.7dB