3 Mulberry Cottages, Rectory Road, Copford, Colchester, CO6 1DN
About 3 Mulberry Cottages
3 Mulberry Cottages is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Copford, Colchester, Colchester (CO6 1DN). It has a recorded floor area of 155 m² (around 1668 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (November 2024) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75). Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe. Period features are noted in the property record.
Untraded for 25 years, with the last transfer in October 2001. At 155 m² the property is well over the postcode median (71 m² across 6 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £611,000 sits 388.8% above the 2001 sale of £125,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£75/sq ft) was about 76.3% below the postcode norm. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms3
- Dining roomYes
Building
- Period featuresYes
Energy performance
3 Mulberry Cottages's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
3 Mulberry Cottages has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
- Oct 2019ExtensionFullIn report
Single storey front and rear extensions and internal alterations
- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- 192224
- Feb 2017PorchFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single storey rear extension with relocated porch.
Extension- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- 163050
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
3 Mulberry Cottages's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (2001).
£611,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£125,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
25 October 2001Most recent
£125,000
Median price across the last 4 sales in CO6 1DN: £270,000 (2023–2002).
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What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other Rectory Road homes
3 Mulberry Cottages outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
62 (D)
Street avg 60 (D)
Floor Area
155 m²
Street avg 81 m²
CO₂ Emissions
6.5 t/year
Street avg 3.7 t/year
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
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The neighbourhood at a glance
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
0.9 km
Copford Green — bus stop.
Closest school
1.1 km
Copford Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.8dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.3dB