5 Half Way Cottages, Coggeshall Road, Kelvedon, Colchester, CO5 9PL

5 Half Way Cottages is a three-bedroom detached house in Kelvedon, Colchester, Colchester (CO5 9PL). It has a recorded floor area of 148 m² (around 1593 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (May 2025) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. When first surveyed in May 2013 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 83). Other recorded features include a conservatory and outbuildings. Period features are noted in the property record.

At 148 m² the property is well over the postcode median (109 m² across 9 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 89% of similar EPCs). Across 2004–2013, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £693,000 sits 63.1% above the 2013 sale of £425,000. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2007. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. 13 years since the last transfer (October 2013).