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Get started1 Peace Cottages is a semi-detached house in Messing, Colchester, Colchester (CO5 9UA). It has a recorded floor area of 70 m² (around 753 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (January 2019) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 3 certificates since December 2015. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76). Main heating runs on electricity.
At 70 m² it sits well below the postcode median (150 m² across 7 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 71% of similar EPCs). One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2004. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
1 Peace Cottages has an approved single-storey side and rear extension on the planning record.
Extension: Single storey · Side and rear of property
Side & rear single storey extension
1 Peace Cottages has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£306,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
EPC Rating for 1 Peace Cottages runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
EPC Rating
67 (D)
Street avg 48 (E)
Floor Area
70 m²
Street avg 142 m²
CO₂ Emissions
2.3 t/year
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
44.4dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Hot water system changed
Loft insulation upgraded to recommended levels
More low energy lighting installed
Heating controls changed
Hot water system upgraded
Window efficiency improved
Roof insulation improved
More low energy lighting installed
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Median price across the last 5 sales in CO5 9UA: £375,000 (2019–2013).
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Sold Oct 2013
Street avg 5.8 t/year
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
The Street — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Messing Primary School. 6 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.9dB