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Get startedColne Cottage North is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in East Mersea, Colchester, Colchester (CO5 8UE). It has a recorded floor area of 92 m² (around 990 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (April 2015) shows an F (score 37), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 94), a 5-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from April 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Sale prices here have outpaced Colchester HPI: 12.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £340,000 is 44.4% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£238/sq ft) was about 33.2% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. 10 years since the last transfer (February 2016). At 92 m² it's 22.6% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (119 m² median across 5 EPCs).
Colne Cottage North's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 21 Apr 2025
Colne Cottage North has an approved side extension on the planning record.
Extension: Side of property
Proposed side extension
Price for Colne Cottage North has grown more than fourfold since the 1997 starting point.
£340,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 12.5% per year over 18 years.
£235,500
Growth on file: 12.5% per year over 18 years.
Floor Area for Colne Cottage North lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
37 (F)
Street avg 41 (E)
Floor Area
92 m²
Street avg 129 m²
CO₂ Emissions
12.0 t/year
Street avg 8.7 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
0.5 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
41.5dB

Extension: Two storey · Side and rear of property
Proposed 2 storey side extension with single storey rear extension and new front porch with proposed rear dormer. Resubmission of 160669.
9 February 2016Most recent
£235,500
+756.4%over 18 years7 November 1997
£27,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO5 8UE: £415,000 (2018–2007).
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO5 8DY
Fen Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
2.9 km
Brightlingsea Primary School and Nursery. 1 school nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.5dB
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