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Get startedDowland House is a detached house in Messing, Colchester, Colchester (CO5 9TZ). It has a recorded floor area of 150 m² (around 1615 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (November 2018) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75). Main heating runs on oil.
At 150 m² the property is well over the postcode median (104 m² across 3 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2022. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £606,000 is 27.6% above the 2019 sale price. Most recent transfer: May 2019 at £475,000.
Dowland House's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Council records include a two-storey rear extension at Dowland House.
Extension: Two storey · Rear of property
Two storey rear extension internal alterations
Dowland House valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£606,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£475,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
EPC Rating for Dowland House runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,167
Street avg £3,192
Floor Area
150 m²
Street avg 107 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
0.4 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.8dB

31 May 2019Most recent
£475,000
Median price across the last 4 sales in CO5 9TZ: £324,975 (2019–1999).
4 Montgomery Cottages Harborough Hall Lane Messing Colchester
Sold Aug 2019
1 Montgomery Cottages Harborough Hall Lane Messing Colchester
Sold Aug 2016
2 Montgomery Cottages Harborough Hall Lane Messing Colchester
Sold Jan 2016
Forge House Harborough Hall Lane Messing Colchester
Sold Jun 1999
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.3 t/year
Street avg 6.4 t/year
CO5 9HX
The Street — bus stop.
Closest school
0.7 km
Messing Primary School. 6 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.4dB
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