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Annies Cottage, Church Road, Copford, Colchester, CO6 1DE

Property type
Detached
Bedrooms
2
Bathroom
1
Floor area
130 m²
1399 sq ft
Energy rating
D
Score 68
Council tax
Band E
Tenure
Owner Occupied
Overview

About Annies Cottage

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

Annies Cottage is a two-bedroom detached house in Copford, Colchester, Colchester (CO6 1DE). It has a recorded floor area of 130 m² (around 1399 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (May 2022) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80).

At 130 m² it's 22.6% larger than the typical home in the postcode (106 m² median across 5 EPCs). Across 1998–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.1% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£457/sq ft) was about 57.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £640,000 in October 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.

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Valuation

against the asking price

Risks

planning & flood

Sold prices

similar homes nearby

Trends

the local market

Specifications

What this property has

Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.

Inside

  • Bedrooms2
  • Bathrooms1
Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

EPC Rating

A
B
C
D
D68
E
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
4.1 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against Annies Cottage, Church Road, Copford, Colchester, CO6 1DE, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

Annies Cottage has no planning applications on record.

Notable planning nearby

5applications of note in the surrounding area

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Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

Annies Cottage has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1998.

Current estimate

£618,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.1% per year over 25 years.

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Last sold (2022)

£640,000

Growth on file: 6.1% per year over 25 years.

Sales timeline

  1. 6 October 2022Most recent

    £640,000

    +326.7%over 24 years
  2. 27 February 1998

    £150,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in CO6 1DE: £363,000 (2017–2008).

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On the street

Versus other Church Road homes

Four headline reads against 5 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

Annies Cottage is notably below the street on years held.

Price per m²

£4,923

Street avg £3,651

Above

Floor Area

130 m²

Street avg 126 m²

Above

Habitable Rooms

5 rooms

Street avg 6 rooms

Below

CO₂ Emissions

4.1 t/year

Street avg 5.9 t/year

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Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Colchester district page.

Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.

Crime

3/mo

Steady year-on-year across the wider district.

Nearest stop

0.3 km

Copford Green — bus stop.

Closest school

0.6 km

Copford Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School. 3 schools nearby.

Go deeper on the local area

The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.

Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around CO6 1DE from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime road noise heatmap for CO6 1DE

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

45.4dB

Low
Night-time road noise heatmap for CO6 1DE

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

38.8dB

Low
55 dB
60 dB
65 dB
70 dB
75 dB
80 dB
Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4
FAQ

Common questions

The questions buyers, sellers and homeowners most often ask about Annies Cottage, Church Road, Copford, Colchester, CO6 1DE. Each answer is also embedded as structured data for search engines.