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Get started5 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.
Sale prices here have outpaced Colchester HPI: 2.1% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £693,000 sits 63.1% above the 2013 sale of £425,000. 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). 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).
5 Half Way Cottages has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Erection of first floor rear extension over existing single storey element
5 Half Way Cottages valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£693,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 2.1% per year over 9 years.
£425,000
Growth on file: 2.1% per year over 9 years.
Price per m² for 5 Half Way Cottages lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,872
Street avg £3,876
Floor Area
148 m²
Street avg 121 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
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
1.0 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.6dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Hot water system upgraded
More low energy lighting installed
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23 October 2013Most recent
£425,000
+21.4%over 9 years22 July 2004
£350,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO5 9PL: £430,000 (2024–2016).
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Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.0 t/year
Street avg 4.1 t/year
CO5 9TY
Allotment Gardens — bus stop.
Closest school
2.0 km
St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Coggeshall. 4 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.8dB
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