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Get startedMaker Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Messing, Colchester, Colchester (CO5 9TU). It has a recorded floor area of 206 m² (around 2217 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (August 2015) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 69), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from August 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include notable views and outbuildings. Period features are noted in the property record.
At 206 m² the property is well over the postcode median (105 m² across 7 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Sale prices here have lagged Colchester HPI: -0.7% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £831,000 is 20.6% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£311/sq ft) was about 24.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2004. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sold in September 2016, so it's been off the market for around 10 years.
Maker 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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 04 Aug 2025
Extensions and portico additions
Latest sale on Maker Cottage was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£831,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of -0.7% per year over 9 years.
£689,000
Growth on file: -0.7% per year over 9 years.
Maker Cottage outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,345
Street avg £3,099
Floor Area
206 m²
Street avg 106 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 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
0.2 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.3dB

30 September 2016Most recent
£689,000
-5.6%over 8 years14 January 2008
£730,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO5 9TU: £370,000 (2022–2013).
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
9.6 t/year
Street avg 8.0 t/year
CO5 9PQ
The Street — bus stop.
Closest school
0.7 km
Messing Primary School. 5 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.1dB
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