2 Forge Cottages, Chappel Road, Great Tey, Colchester, CO6 1JN
About 2 Forge Cottages
2 Forge Cottages is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Great Tey, Colchester, Colchester (CO6 1JN). It has a recorded floor area of 62 m² (around 663 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (April 2010) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 59). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from April 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record.
2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. Last changed hands 13 years ago, in August 2013. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 2002–2013, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £318,000 is 38.3% above the 2013 sale price.
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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
- Bedrooms2
- Utility roomYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- GarageYes
Building
- Heating systemOil
- Period featuresYes
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
2 Forge Cottages's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 08 Apr 2020
EPC Rating
Planning history
2 Forge Cottages has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.
- Jan 2011ExtensionHeritageIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Listed building consent for a single storey rear extension
Listed- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- 102286
- Jan 2011ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single storey rear extension
- Documents
- 2 docs on file
- Reference
- 102285
We flagged 1 thing worth checking at 2 Forge Cottages
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
Sale price has at least doubled since 2002.
£318,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.3% per year over 11 years.
£229,995
Growth on file: 8.3% per year over 11 years.
Sales timeline
22 August 2013Most recent
£229,995
+29.9%over 3 years5 August 2010
£177,000
+12.4%over 5 years4 August 2005
£157,500
+68.4%over 3 years2 May 2002
£93,500
Median price across the last 4 sales in CO6 1JN: £134,500 (2005–1997).
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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
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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
0.1 km
Village Hall — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
Great Tey Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.6dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.4dB