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

8 Half Way Cottages is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Kelvedon, Colchester, Colchester (CO5 9PL). It has a recorded floor area of 60 m² (around 646 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (August 2021) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since May 2009. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Average; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 113), a 3-band jump. Other recorded features include outbuildings.

Sale prices here have outpaced Colchester HPI: 7.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £347,000 is 20% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£448/sq ft) was about 85% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 60 m² it sits well below the postcode median (120 m² across 9 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On the market in October 2016 and unlisted since — roughly 10 years. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.