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Get startedBows Cottage is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Feering, Colchester, Colchester (CO5 9QQ). It has a recorded floor area of 222 m² (around 2390 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. There is a swimming pool on the plot, uncommon for the area. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (March 2014) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 70). The latest certificate is from March 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Sale prices here have outpaced Colchester HPI: 7.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £708,000 is 24.2% above the 2014 sale price. At 222 m² the property is well over the postcode median (115 m² across 8 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 4 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. 12 years since the last transfer (July 2014).
Bows Cottage'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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 31 Mar 2024
Bows Cottage has been through 4 approved planning applications — a well-evolved property.
Notice of intent to carry out works to trees in a Conservation Area - T1 Eucalyptus - Reduce by to appropriate previous pruning point (1.5-2m maximum), G1 Conifers - Top by 4m, G2 Conifers - Top by 2m Health & safety works & general tree maintenance to safeguard future life of trees
Price for Bows Cottage has grown more than fourfold since the 1995 starting point.
£708,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.5% per year over 19 years.
£570,000
Growth on file: 7.5% per year over 19 years.
Bows Cottage is notably below the street on co₂ emissions.
Price per m²
£2,568
Street avg £3,582
Floor Area
222 m²
Street avg 122 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
Crime
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
The Green — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
52.5dB

Notice of intent to carry out works to tree in a Conservation Area - Re-pollard Eucalyptus tree to previous cut points
2 more applications for this property
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11 July 2014Most recent
£570,000
+32.6%over 7 years13 July 2006
£430,000
+207.1%over 11 years26 January 1995
£140,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO5 9QQ: £475,000 (2023–2018).
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CO₂ Emissions
9.6 t/year
Street avg 4.9 t/year
CO5 9PQ
Closest school
0.5 km
Feering Church of England Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
45.8dB
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