Blackwater Cottage, Shop Lane, East Mersea, Colchester, CO5 8TR

Blackwater Cottage is a detached house in East Mersea, Colchester, Colchester (CO5 8TR). It has a recorded floor area of 120 m² (around 1289 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (May 2011) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from May 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It hasn't traded since May 1999, a hold of 27 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 120 m² the property is well over the postcode median (92 m² across 6 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £542,000 sits 287.1% above the 1999 sale of £140,000. 7 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 3 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.