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Get started5 Woodview Cottages is a semi-detached house in Layer Marney, Colchester, Colchester (CO5 9UP). It has a recorded floor area of 68 m² (around 732 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (June 2025) shows a C (score 78), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in November 2015 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Good and main heating went from Average to Good; while window efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 82). Main heating runs on electricity.
Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 80% of similar EPCs).
5 Woodview Cottages's carbon output is low for the local stock.
5 Woodview Cottages has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£290,000
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.
5 Woodview Cottages is notably below the street on floor area.
EPC Rating
78 (C)
Street avg 53 (E)
Floor Area
68 m²
Street avg 95 m²
CO₂ Emissions
0.5 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
0.9 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.8dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heat pump installed, significantly improving energy efficiency
Changed to a more efficient fuel source
More low energy lighting installed
Solar PV panels (25 kWp) installed
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Median price across the last 5 sales in CO5 9UP: £452,500 (2025–1999).
Street avg 7.1 t/year
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO5 9QB
Smyths Green — bus stop.
Closest school
2.7 km
Milldene Primary School. 4 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.9dB