8 Mulberry Cottages, Rectory Road, Copford, Colchester, CO6 1DN
About 8 Mulberry Cottages
8 Mulberry Cottages is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Copford, Colchester, Colchester (CO6 1DN). It has a recorded floor area of 132 m² (around 1421 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (October 2020) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 132 m² the property is well over the postcode median (71 m² across 6 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2002. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £512,000 is 13.8% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£317/sq ft) was about 34.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold February 2021 for £450,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Already flagged here
Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms2
- Dining roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
- StudyYes
Outside
- GarageDouble
Energy performance
8 Mulberry Cottages's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
8 Mulberry Cottages has an approved side extension on the planning record.
- Dec 2002ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Side of property
2 and a half storey, and single storey side extension.
- Documents
- 2 docs on file
- Reference
- F/COL/02/1551
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Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£512,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£450,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
19 February 2021Most recent
£450,000
Median price across the last 4 sales in CO6 1DN: £167,000 (2023–2001).
Everything we know about 8 Mulberry Cottages, in one report
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
8 Mulberry Cottages is notably below the street on epc rating.
EPC Rating
50 (E)
Street avg 62 (D)
Floor Area
132 m²
Street avg 85 m²
CO₂ Emissions
7.5 t/year
Street avg 3.6 t/year
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 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.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.8dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.3dB