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Get startedColne Cottage South is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in East Mersea, Colchester, Colchester (CO5 8UE). It has a recorded floor area of 96 m² (around 1033 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (April 2015) shows a G (score 4), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 62), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on bottled lpg. The latest certificate is from April 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include notable views.
Sale prices here have outpaced Colchester HPI: 10.1% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £409,000 is 32.6% above the 2018 sale price. At 96 m² it's 19.2% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (119 m² median across 5 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2018. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. 8 years since the last transfer (January 2018).
Colne Cottage South sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 21 Apr 2025
Proposed alterations & extensions
£409,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 10.1% per year over 2 years.
£308,500
Growth on file: 10.1% per year over 2 years.
Colne Cottage South is notably below the street on epc rating.
EPC Rating
4 (G)
Street avg 47 (E)
Floor Area
96 m²
Street avg 128 m²
CO₂ Emissions
6.9 t/year
Street avg 9.7 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

5 January 2018Most recent
£308,500
+18.7%over 1 year29 March 2016
£260,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO5 8UE: £415,000 (2018–1997).
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO5 8HN
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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