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Get started4a Poplar Cottages is a detached house in Layer Marney, Colchester, Colchester (CO5 9XS). It has a recorded floor area of 143 m² (around 1539 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2007-2011 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (May 2022) shows a C (score 78), near the top of the C band. The rating has held steady at C across 2 certificates since December 2011. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor; while wall efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and main heating dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 83). Main heating runs on electricity.
Sale prices here have outpaced Colchester HPI: 8.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £554,000 is 14.2% above the 2021 sale price. Sold September 2021 for £485,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
4a Poplar Cottages has more than tripled in price since its earliest registered sale in 2006.
£554,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.6% per year over 15 years.
£485,000
Growth on file: 8.6% per year over 15 years.
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
44.9dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls changed
Hot water efficiency improved
More low energy lighting installed
Solar PV panels (60 kWp) installed
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29 September 2021Most recent
£485,000
+246.4%over 15 years11 August 2006
£140,000
Median price across the last 2 sales in CO5 9XS: £212,500 (2023–2008).
CO5 9HN
Smyths Green — bus stop.
Closest school
2.6 km
Messing Primary School. 4 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.5dB
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